diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs
index 375f0ec..0e29be5 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@
                         {
                             string sheetName, sheetArea;
                             ParseReference(area, out sheetName, out sheetArea);
-                            if (!(sheetArea.Equals("#REF") || sheetArea.EndsWith("#REF!") || sheetArea.Length == 0))
+                            if (!(sheetArea.Equals("#REF") || sheetArea.EndsWith("#REF!") || sheetArea.Length == 0 || sheetName.Length == 0))
                                 WorksheetsInternal.Worksheet(sheetName).PageSetup.PrintAreas.Add(sheetArea);
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/ClosedXML_Tests/ClosedXML_Tests.csproj b/ClosedXML_Tests/ClosedXML_Tests.csproj
index 6e9bd05..1365f8a 100644
--- a/ClosedXML_Tests/ClosedXML_Tests.csproj
+++ b/ClosedXML_Tests/ClosedXML_Tests.csproj
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resource\Examples\Tables\InsertingTables.xlsx" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resource\Examples\ConditionalFormatting\CFDataBarNegative.xlsx" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resource\Examples\ConditionalFormatting\CFStopIfTrue.xlsx" />
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="Resource\Misc\InvalidPrintArea.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 3a4acdf..87d5960 100644
--- a/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Loading/LoadingTests.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Loading/LoadingTests.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
                 @"Misc\AllShapes.xlsx",
                 @"Misc\TableHeadersWithLineBreaks.xlsx",
                 @"Misc\TableWithNameNull.xlsx",
-                @"Misc\DuplicateImageNames.xlsx"
+                @"Misc\DuplicateImageNames.xlsx",
+                @"Misc\InvalidPrintArea.xlsx"
             };
 
             foreach (var file in files)
diff --git a/ClosedXML_Tests/Resource/Misc/InvalidPrintArea.xlsx b/ClosedXML_Tests/Resource/Misc/InvalidPrintArea.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..361a7de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ClosedXML_Tests/Resource/Misc/InvalidPrintArea.xlsx
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