diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/mailmerge/data/tdf89214.odt b/sw/qa/extras/mailmerge/data/tdf89214.odt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..70def3730e26
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diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/mailmerge/mailmerge.cxx b/sw/qa/extras/mailmerge/mailmerge.cxx
index fc6962013da8..319bf93584cf 100644
--- a/sw/qa/extras/mailmerge/mailmerge.cxx
+++ b/sw/qa/extras/mailmerge/mailmerge.cxx
@@ -394,5 +394,17 @@ DECLARE_SHELL_MAILMERGE_TEST(testPageBoundaries2Pages, "simple-mail-merge-2pages
     }
 }
 
+DECLARE_SHELL_MAILMERGE_TEST(testTdf89214, "tdf89214.odt", "10-testing-addresses.ods", "testing-addresses")
+{
+    executeMailMerge();
+
+    uno::Reference<text::XTextDocument> xTextDocument(mxMMComponent, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    uno::Reference<text::XTextRange> xParagraph(getParagraphOrTable(3, xTextDocument->getText()), uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    // Make sure that we assert the right paragraph.
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(OUString("a"), xParagraph->getString());
+    // This paragraph had a bullet numbering, make sure that the list id is not empty.
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(!getProperty<OUString>(xParagraph, "ListId").isEmpty());
+}
+
 CPPUNIT_PLUGIN_IMPLEMENT();
 /* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/sw/source/core/doc/docnum.cxx b/sw/source/core/doc/docnum.cxx
index 1f45c4927f0d..4d3e46df5ed5 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/doc/docnum.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/doc/docnum.cxx
@@ -2178,13 +2178,13 @@ sal_uInt16 SwDoc::MakeNumRule( const OUString &rName,
 
 OUString SwDoc::GetUniqueNumRuleName( const OUString* pChkStr, bool bAutoNum ) const
 {
-    if( IsInMailMerge())
+    // If we got pChkStr, then the caller expects that in case it's not yet
+    // used, it'll be returned.
+    if( IsInMailMerge() && !pChkStr )
     {
         OUString newName = "MailMergeNumRule"
             + OStringToOUString( DateTimeToOString( DateTime( DateTime::SYSTEM )), RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US )
             + OUString::number( mpNumRuleTbl->size() + 1 );
-        if( pChkStr )
-            newName += *pChkStr;
         return newName;
     }