diff --git a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlimpit.cxx b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlimpit.cxx
index 1dc92acb65b7..500b4564c954 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlimpit.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlimpit.cxx
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ bool SvXMLImportItemMapper::PutXMLValue(
                 sal_Int32 nVal;
                 bOk = ::sax::Converter::convertNumber(
                         nVal, rValue, 0, USHRT_MAX);
-                if( bOk )
+                if( bOk && nVal > 0 )
                     rPageDesc.SetNumOffset( (sal_uInt16)nVal );
             }
         }