diff --git a/package/source/zippackage/ZipPackage.cxx b/package/source/zippackage/ZipPackage.cxx
index 907ed1b4112e..2cb267734b9f 100644
--- a/package/source/zippackage/ZipPackage.cxx
+++ b/package/source/zippackage/ZipPackage.cxx
@@ -626,7 +626,11 @@ void ZipPackage::getZipFileContents()
                 if ( !pCurrent->hasByName( sTemp ) )
                 {
                     rtl::Reference<ZipPackageFolder> pPkgFolder = new ZipPackageFolder(m_xContext, m_nFormat, m_bAllowRemoveOnInsert);
-                    pPkgFolder->setName( sTemp );
+                    try {
+                        pPkgFolder->setName( sTemp );
+                    } catch (uno::RuntimeException const& e) {
+                        throw css::packages::zip::ZipIOException(e.Message);
+                    }
                     pPkgFolder->doSetParent( pCurrent );
                     pCurrent = pPkgFolder.get();
                 }