diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs
index fab0c94..4021d7a 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs
@@ -1229,18 +1229,19 @@
                 }
                 else if (cell.DataType == CellValues.Date)
                 {
-                    if (!XLHelper.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(cell.CellValue.Text))
+                    if (cell.CellValue != null && !XLHelper.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(cell.CellValue.Text))
                         xlCell._cellValue = Double.Parse(cell.CellValue.Text, XLHelper.NumberStyle, XLHelper.ParseCulture).ToInvariantString();
                     xlCell._dataType = XLCellValues.DateTime;
                 }
                 else if (cell.DataType == CellValues.Boolean)
                 {
-                    xlCell._cellValue = cell.CellValue.Text;
+                    if (cell.CellValue != null)
+                        xlCell._cellValue = cell.CellValue.Text;
                     xlCell._dataType = XLCellValues.Boolean;
                 }
                 else if (cell.DataType == CellValues.Number)
                 {
-                    if (!XLHelper.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(cell.CellValue.Text))
+                    if (cell.CellValue != null && !XLHelper.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(cell.CellValue.Text))
                         xlCell._cellValue = Double.Parse(cell.CellValue.Text, XLHelper.NumberStyle, XLHelper.ParseCulture).ToInvariantString();
 
                     if (s == null)
diff --git a/ClosedXML_Tests/ClosedXML_Tests.csproj b/ClosedXML_Tests/ClosedXML_Tests.csproj
index 24429b8..3ea96f8 100644
--- a/ClosedXML_Tests/ClosedXML_Tests.csproj
+++ b/ClosedXML_Tests/ClosedXML_Tests.csproj
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resource\Examples\ImageHandling\ImageAnchors.xlsx" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resource\Examples\ImageHandling\ImageFormats.xlsx" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resource\Misc\ExcelProducedWorkbookWithImages.xlsx" />
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="Resource\Misc\EmptyCellValue.xlsx" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resource\Images\ImageHandling.png" />
diff --git a/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Loading/LoadingTests.cs b/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Loading/LoadingTests.cs
index 14c588e..a932317 100644
--- a/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Loading/LoadingTests.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Loading/LoadingTests.cs
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
                 @"Misc\LoadPivotTables.xlsx",
                 @"Misc\LoadFileWithCustomSheetViews.xlsx",
                 @"Misc\LoadSheetsWithCommas.xlsx",
+                @"Misc\ExcelProducedWorkbookWithImages.xlsx",
                 @"Misc\InvalidPrintTitles.xlsx",
-                @"Misc\ExcelProducedWorkbookWithImages.xlsx"
+                @"Misc\ExcelProducedWorkbookWithImages.xlsx",
+                @"Misc\EmptyCellValue.xlsx"
             };
 
             foreach (var file in files)
@@ -136,8 +138,8 @@
                 var ws2 = wb.Worksheets.Skip(1).First();
                 Assert.AreEqual(1, ws2.Pictures.Count);
                 Assert.AreEqual(XLPicturePlacement.MoveAndSize, ws2.Pictures.First().Placement);
-    }
-}
+            }
+        }
 
         [Test]
         public void CanLoadFileWithImagesWithCorrectImageType()
diff --git a/ClosedXML_Tests/Resource/Misc/EmptyCellValue.xlsx b/ClosedXML_Tests/Resource/Misc/EmptyCellValue.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f90b0fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ClosedXML_Tests/Resource/Misc/EmptyCellValue.xlsx
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