diff --git a/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/rtftok/data/pass/abi4817.rtf b/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/rtftok/data/pass/abi4817.rtf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..58d88f5fff5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/rtftok/data/pass/abi4817.rtf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{\rtf1
+\super
+{
+\par 
+\par }
+}
diff --git a/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtfdocumentimpl.cxx b/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtfdocumentimpl.cxx
index b2179c40ce48..c70447efe43f 100644
--- a/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtfdocumentimpl.cxx
+++ b/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtfdocumentimpl.cxx
@@ -4591,7 +4591,7 @@ int RTFDocumentImpl::popState()
 
     if (aState.pCurrentBuffer == &m_aSuperBuffer)
     {
-        OSL_ASSERT(m_aStates.top().pCurrentBuffer == 0);
+        OSL_ASSERT(!m_aStates.empty() && m_aStates.top().pCurrentBuffer == 0);
 
         if (!m_bHasFootnote)
             replayBuffer(m_aSuperBuffer);