diff --git a/framework/source/services/autorecovery.cxx b/framework/source/services/autorecovery.cxx
index 95362d7e2499..faf8e86cbb57 100644
--- a/framework/source/services/autorecovery.cxx
+++ b/framework/source/services/autorecovery.cxx
@@ -4126,7 +4126,9 @@ AutoRecovery::EFailureSafeResult AutoRecovery::implts_copyFile(const OUString& s
 
     try
     {
-        ::ucbhelper::Content::create(sSource, xEnvironment, m_xContext, aSourceContent);
+        bool bSuccess = ::ucbhelper::Content::create(sSource, xEnvironment, m_xContext, aSourceContent);
+        if (!bSuccess)
+            return AutoRecovery::E_ORIGINAL_FILE_MISSING;
         aTargetContent.transferContent(aSourceContent, ::ucbhelper::InsertOperation_COPY, sTargetName, nNameClash);
     }
     catch(const css::uno::Exception&)