diff --git a/sw/source/filter/html/htmltab.cxx b/sw/source/filter/html/htmltab.cxx
index 45fa74673c7b..7faf745f1a6c 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/html/htmltab.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/html/htmltab.cxx
@@ -2795,7 +2795,7 @@ const SwStartNode *SwHTMLParser::InsertTableSection
     SwTxtFmtColl *pColl = pCSS1Parser->GetTxtCollFromPool( RES_POOLCOLL_TABLE );
 
     const SwStartNode *pStNd;
-    if( pTable && pTable->bFirstCell )
+    if (pTable->bFirstCell )
     {
         SwNode *const pNd = & pPam->GetPoint()->nNode.GetNode();
         pNd->GetTxtNode()->ChgFmtColl( pColl );