diff --git a/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2007.php b/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2007.php
index 3b0c1a74..277d278d 100644
--- a/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2007.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2007.php
@@ -1935,6 +1935,7 @@ class PHPExcel_Reader_Excel2007 extends PHPExcel_Reader_Abstract implements PHPE
 		if (isset($is->t)) {
 			$value->createText( PHPExcel_Shared_String::ControlCharacterOOXML2PHP( (string) $is->t ) );
 		} else {
+			if(is_object($is->r)) {
 			foreach ($is->r as $run) {
 				if (!isset($run->rPr)) {
 					$objText = $value->createText( PHPExcel_Shared_String::ControlCharacterOOXML2PHP( (string) $run->t ) );
@@ -1986,6 +1987,7 @@ class PHPExcel_Reader_Excel2007 extends PHPExcel_Reader_Abstract implements PHPE
 					}
 				}
 			}
+			}
 		}
 
 		return $value;