diff --git a/poi-integration/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/stress/AbstractFileHandler.java b/poi-integration/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/stress/AbstractFileHandler.java
index c1c96aaa12..c9c6165283 100644
--- a/poi-integration/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/stress/AbstractFileHandler.java
+++ b/poi-integration/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/stress/AbstractFileHandler.java
@@ -192,7 +192,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileHandler implements FileHandler {
 
                 assertNotNull(streamExtractor.getText());
 
-                assertNotNull(streamExtractor.getMetadataTextExtractor());
+                POITextExtractor metadataTextExtractor = streamExtractor.getMetadataTextExtractor();
+                assertNotNull(metadataTextExtractor);
+
+                assertNotNull(metadataTextExtractor.getText());
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/test-data/spreadsheet/stress.xls b/test-data/spreadsheet/stress.xls
index ba71dc4ebe..aa42d4cdc8 100644
Binary files a/test-data/spreadsheet/stress.xls and b/test-data/spreadsheet/stress.xls differ