diff --git a/xmlscript/source/xmldlg_imexp/xmldlg_export.cxx b/xmlscript/source/xmldlg_imexp/xmldlg_export.cxx
index 5a5afd351b71..6238f6945e76 100644
--- a/xmlscript/source/xmldlg_imexp/xmldlg_export.cxx
+++ b/xmlscript/source/xmldlg_imexp/xmldlg_export.cxx
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ void ElementDescriptor::readOrientationAttr( OUString const & rPropName, OUStrin
     if (beans::PropertyState_DEFAULT_VALUE != _xPropState->getPropertyState( rPropName ))
     {
         Any a( _xProps->getPropertyValue( rPropName ) );
-        if (auto n = o3tl::tryAccess<sal_Int16>(a))
+        if (auto n = o3tl::tryAccess<sal_Int32>(a))
         {
             switch (*n)
             {