diff --git a/hwpfilter/source/hwpread.cxx b/hwpfilter/source/hwpread.cxx
index 325f74c5d358..becdb76773a6 100644
--- a/hwpfilter/source/hwpread.cxx
+++ b/hwpfilter/source/hwpread.cxx
@@ -310,6 +310,10 @@ int TxtBox::Read(HWPFile & hwpf)
     hwpf.ReadParaList(caption);
 
      if( type == 0 ){ // if table?
+          TCell* *pArr = ::comphelper::newArray_null<TCell *>(ncell);
+          if (!pArr) {
+                return hwpf.SetState(HWP_InvalidFileFormat);
+          }
           Table *tbl = new Table;
           for( ii = 0 ; ii < ncell; ii++)
           {
@@ -318,10 +322,6 @@ int TxtBox::Read(HWPFile & hwpf)
                 tbl->rows.insert(cell[ii].y);
                 tbl->rows.insert(cell[ii].y + cell[ii].h);
           }
-          TCell* *pArr = ::comphelper::newArray_null<TCell *>(ncell);
-          if (!pArr) {
-                return hwpf.SetState(HWP_InvalidFileFormat);
-          }
           for( ii = 0 ; ii < ncell; ii++)
           {
                 TCell *tcell = new TCell;