diff --git a/editeng/source/editeng/editobj.cxx b/editeng/source/editeng/editobj.cxx
index ac6b8098d49c..8f3b9a00bce5 100644
--- a/editeng/source/editeng/editobj.cxx
+++ b/editeng/source/editeng/editobj.cxx
@@ -902,6 +902,13 @@ void EditTextObjectImpl::GetAllSectionAttributes( std::vector<editeng::SectionAt
     {
         size_t nPara = distance(aParaBorders.begin(), it);
         const SectionBordersType& rBorders = *it;
+        if (rBorders.size() == 1 && rBorders[0] == 0)
+        {
+            // Empty paragraph. Push an empty section.
+            aAttrs.push_back(editeng::SectionAttribute(nPara, 0, 0));
+            continue;
+        }
+
         SectionBordersType::const_iterator itBorder = rBorders.begin(), itBorderEnd = rBorders.end();
         size_t nPrev = *itBorder;
         size_t nCur;
diff --git a/sc/source/filter/xml/xmlexprt.cxx b/sc/source/filter/xml/xmlexprt.cxx
index 1f0e2529058a..8e07ed72c116 100644
--- a/sc/source/filter/xml/xmlexprt.cxx
+++ b/sc/source/filter/xml/xmlexprt.cxx
@@ -3067,9 +3067,6 @@ void flushParagraph(
     const ScXMLEditAttributeMap& rAttrMap,
     std::vector<editeng::SectionAttribute>::const_iterator it, std::vector<editeng::SectionAttribute>::const_iterator itEnd )
 {
-    if (it == itEnd)
-        return;
-
     OUString aElemName = rExport.GetNamespaceMap().GetQNameByKey(
         XML_NAMESPACE_TEXT, GetXMLToken(XML_P));
     SvXMLElementExport aElemP(rExport, aElemName, false, false);