diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFRun.java b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFRun.java
index 9ce7e2f093..03249fa66d 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFRun.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFRun.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class XWPFRun implements ISDTContents, IRunElement, CharacterRun {
                 NodeList kids = t.getDomNode().getChildNodes();
                 for (int n = 0; n < kids.getLength(); n++) {
                     if (kids.item(n) instanceof Text) {
-                        if (!text.isEmpty()) {
+                        if (text.length() > 0) {
                             text.append("\n");
                         }
                         text.append(kids.item(n).getNodeValue());