diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/Ranges/XLRangeBase.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/Ranges/XLRangeBase.cs
index 3484ed6..60d12d4 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/Ranges/XLRangeBase.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/Ranges/XLRangeBase.cs
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@
                     {
                         var modelFirstColumn = model.FirstCellUsed(true);
                         var modelLastColumn = model.LastCellUsed(true);
-                        if (modelLastColumn != null)
+                        if (modelFirstColumn != null && modelLastColumn != null)
                         {
                             Int32 firstCoReturned = modelFirstColumn.Address.ColumnNumber
                                                     - model.RangeAddress.FirstAddress.ColumnNumber + 1;
diff --git a/ClosedXML_Tests/ClosedXML_Tests.csproj b/ClosedXML_Tests/ClosedXML_Tests.csproj
index f1c0f09..9a88883 100644
--- a/ClosedXML_Tests/ClosedXML_Tests.csproj
+++ b/ClosedXML_Tests/ClosedXML_Tests.csproj
@@ -249,11 +249,11 @@
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resource\Examples\ConditionalFormatting\CFDataBar.xlsx" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resource\Examples\ConditionalFormatting\CFIconSet.xlsx" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resource\Examples\Ranges\SelectingRanges.xlsx" />
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="Resource\Misc\EmptyTable.xlsx" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resource\Misc\TableWithCustomTheme.xlsx" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resource\Examples\Ranges\AddingRowToTables.xlsx" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resource\Examples\Misc\RightToLeft.xlsx" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resource\Examples\PivotTables\PivotTables.xlsx" />
-    <None Include="Resource\Misc\WorkbookProperties.xlsx" />
     <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup />
@@ -265,4 +265,4 @@
   <Target Name="AfterBuild">
   </Target>
   -->
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Loading/LoadingTests.cs b/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Loading/LoadingTests.cs
index 5412c0a..3568007 100644
--- a/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Loading/LoadingTests.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Loading/LoadingTests.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 namespace ClosedXML_Tests.Excel
 {
-    // Tests in this fixture test only the successful loading of existing Excel files, 
+    // Tests in this fixture test only the successful loading of existing Excel files,
     // i.e. we test that ClosedXML doesn't choke on a given input file
     // These tests DO NOT test that ClosedXML successfully recognises all the Excel parts or that it can successfully save those parts again.
     [TestFixture]
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
         {
             var files = new List<string>()
             {
-                @"Misc\TableWithCustomTheme.xlsx"
+                @"Misc\TableWithCustomTheme.xlsx",
+                @"Misc\EmptyTable.xlsx"
             };
 
             foreach (var file in files)
@@ -27,5 +28,17 @@
                 TestHelper.LoadFile(file);
             }
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void CanLoadAndManipulateFileWithEmptyTable()
+        {
+            using (var stream = TestHelper.GetStreamFromResource(TestHelper.GetResourcePath(@"Misc\EmptyTable.xlsx")))
+            using (var wb = new XLWorkbook(stream))
+            {
+                var ws = wb.Worksheets.First();
+                var table = ws.Tables.First();
+                table.DataRange.InsertRowsBelow(5);
+            }
+        }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/ClosedXML_Tests/Resource/Misc/EmptyTable.xlsx b/ClosedXML_Tests/Resource/Misc/EmptyTable.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e902376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ClosedXML_Tests/Resource/Misc/EmptyTable.xlsx
Binary files differ
diff --git a/ClosedXML_Tests/TestHelper.cs b/ClosedXML_Tests/TestHelper.cs
index 07576df..36b5933 100644
--- a/ClosedXML_Tests/TestHelper.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML_Tests/TestHelper.cs
@@ -90,12 +90,20 @@
 #pragma warning restore 162
         }
 
-        public static void LoadFile(string filePartName)
+        public static string GetResourcePath(string filePartName)
+        {
+            return filePartName.Replace('\\', '.').TrimStart('.');
+        }
+
+        public static Stream GetStreamFromResource(string resourcePath)
         {
             var extractor = new ResourceFileExtractor(null, ".Resource.");
+            return extractor.ReadFileFromResToStream(resourcePath);
+        }
 
-            string resourcePath = filePartName.Replace('\\', '.').TrimStart('.');
-            using (var stream = extractor.ReadFileFromResToStream(resourcePath))
+        public static void LoadFile(string filePartName)
+        {
+            using (var stream = GetStreamFromResource(GetResourcePath(filePartName)))
             {
                 var wb = new XLWorkbook(stream);
                 wb.Dispose();