diff --git a/sc/source/filter/excel/excel.cxx b/sc/source/filter/excel/excel.cxx
index 5f9addb25489..ca4262d8cbaa 100644
--- a/sc/source/filter/excel/excel.cxx
+++ b/sc/source/filter/excel/excel.cxx
@@ -255,7 +255,15 @@ extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT bool SAL_CALL TestImportXLS(SvStream& rStream)
     aDocOpt.SetLookUpColRowNames(false);
     aDocument.SetDocOptions(aDocOpt);
     aDocument.MakeTable(0);
-    return ScFormatFilter::Get().ScImportExcel(aMedium, &aDocument, EIF_AUTO) == ERRCODE_NONE;
+    bool bRet(false);
+    try
+    {
+        bRet = ScFormatFilter::Get().ScImportExcel(aMedium, &aDocument, EIF_AUTO) == ERRCODE_NONE;
+    }
+    catch (const css::ucb::ContentCreationException &)
+    {
+    }
+    return bRet;
 }
 
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