diff --git a/cui/source/tabpages/tpcolor.cxx b/cui/source/tabpages/tpcolor.cxx
index c31f57fce3f8..e4545b497d6e 100644
--- a/cui/source/tabpages/tpcolor.cxx
+++ b/cui/source/tabpages/tpcolor.cxx
@@ -220,7 +220,10 @@ void SvxColorTabPage::FillPaletteLB()
     }
     OUString aPaletteName( officecfg::Office::Common::UserColors::PaletteName::get() );
     m_pSelectPalette->SelectEntry(aPaletteName);
-    SelectPaletteLBHdl( *m_pSelectPalette );
+    if (m_pSelectPalette->GetSelectEntryPos() != LISTBOX_ENTRY_NOTFOUND)
+    {
+        SelectPaletteLBHdl( *m_pSelectPalette );
+    }
 }
 
 void SvxColorTabPage::Construct()
@@ -228,7 +231,6 @@ void SvxColorTabPage::Construct()
     if (pColorList.is())
     {
         FillPaletteLB();
-        SelectPaletteLBHdl( *m_pSelectPalette );
         ImpColorCountChanged();
     }
 }
diff --git a/svx/source/tbxctrls/tbcontrl.cxx b/svx/source/tbxctrls/tbcontrl.cxx
index 48551590a396..d2252e64a3e1 100644
--- a/svx/source/tbxctrls/tbcontrl.cxx
+++ b/svx/source/tbxctrls/tbcontrl.cxx
@@ -1356,7 +1356,10 @@ SvxColorWindow::SvxColorWindow(const OUString&            rCommand,
     }
     OUString aPaletteName( officecfg::Office::Common::UserColors::PaletteName::get() );
     mpPaletteListBox->SelectEntry( aPaletteName );
-    SelectPaletteHdl( *mpPaletteListBox );
+    if (mpPaletteListBox->GetSelectEntryPos() != LISTBOX_ENTRY_NOTFOUND)
+    {
+        SelectPaletteHdl( *mpPaletteListBox );
+    }
 
     mpButtonAutoColor->SetClickHdl( LINK( this, SvxColorWindow, AutoColorClickHdl ) );
     mpButtonNoneColor->SetClickHdl( LINK( this, SvxColorWindow, AutoColorClickHdl ) );