diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/RecordFactoryInputStream.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/RecordFactoryInputStream.java
index 7ebe5177bd..be48744ae6 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/RecordFactoryInputStream.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/RecordFactoryInputStream.java
@@ -218,21 +218,21 @@ public final class RecordFactoryInputStream {
 				return null;
 			}
 
-			// step underlying RecordInputStream to the next record
-			_recStream.nextRecord();
-
 			if (_lastRecordWasEOFLevelZero) {
 				// Potential place for ending the workbook stream
 				// Check that the next record is not BOFRecord(0x0809)
 				// Normally the input stream contains only zero padding after the last EOFRecord,
-				// but bug 46987 suggests that the padding may be garbage.
+				// but bug 46987 and 48068 suggests that the padding may be garbage.
 				// This code relies on the padding bytes not starting with BOFRecord.sid
-				if (_recStream.getSid() != BOFRecord.sid) {
+				if (_recStream.getNextSid() != BOFRecord.sid) {
 					return null;
 				}
 				// else - another sheet substream starting here
 			}
 
+            // step underlying RecordInputStream to the next record
+            _recStream.nextRecord();
+
 			r = readNextRecord();
 			if (r == null) {
 				// some record types may get skipped (e.g. DBCellRecord and ContinueRecord)
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/RecordInputStream.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/RecordInputStream.java
index 7333e39c78..268ea9731f 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/RecordInputStream.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/RecordInputStream.java
@@ -428,4 +428,11 @@ public final class RecordInputStream implements LittleEndianInput {
 		//    and before the formatting run data)
 		return _nextSid == ContinueRecord.sid;
 	}
+
+    /**
+     @requrn sid of next record. Can be called after hasNextRecord()  
+     */
+    public int getNextSid() {
+        return _nextSid;
+    }
 }