diff --git a/sw/source/filter/html/htmlfly.cxx b/sw/source/filter/html/htmlfly.cxx
index 8c7bfb978293..55a705af0c60 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/html/htmlfly.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/html/htmlfly.cxx
@@ -1249,6 +1249,7 @@ static Writer& OutHTML_FrmFmtTableNode( Writer& rWrt, const SwFrmFmt& rFrmFmt )
     if( pTxtNd )
         aCaption = pTxtNd->GetTxt();
 
+    if( pTblNd )
     {
         HTMLSaveData aSaveData( rHTMLWrt, pTblNd->GetIndex()+1,
                                 pTblNd->EndOfSectionIndex(),