1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFFirstHeader.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFFirstHeader.java
index 17e5a70861..27a7520d42 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFFirstHeader.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFFirstHeader.java
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ public class XSSFFirstHeader extends XSSFHeaderFooter implements Header{
     }
     
     public void setText(String text) {
-        getHeaderFooter().setFirstHeader(text);
+    	if(text == null) {
+    		getHeaderFooter().unsetFirstHeader();
+    	} else {
+    		getHeaderFooter().setFirstHeader(text);
+    	}
     }
 
 }