diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFTable.java b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFTable.java
index ff243e0e84..54f8752b91 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFTable.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFTable.java
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ public class XSSFTable extends POIXMLDocumentPart implements Table {
         XSSFRow row = sheet.getRow(headerRow);
         DataFormatter formatter = new DataFormatter();
 
-        if (row != null && row.getCTRow().validate()) {
+        if (row != null) {
             int cellnum = firstHeaderColumn;
             CTTableColumns ctTableColumns = getCTTable().getTableColumns();
             if(ctTableColumns != null) {