diff --git a/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtfdocumentimpl.cxx b/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtfdocumentimpl.cxx
index e7e3a4272b37..a40917246c6b 100644
--- a/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtfdocumentimpl.cxx
+++ b/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtfdocumentimpl.cxx
@@ -4827,7 +4827,7 @@ int RTFDocumentImpl::popState()
         // The first character is the length of the string (the rest should be ignored).
         sal_Int32 nLength(aStr.toChar());
         OUString aValue;
-        if (nLength <= aStr.getLength())
+        if (nLength < aStr.getLength())
             aValue = aStr.copy(1, nLength);
         else
             aValue = aStr;