diff --git a/source/java/writer2latex/office/ListCounter.java b/source/java/writer2latex/office/ListCounter.java
index 541af33..88a24ec 100644
--- a/source/java/writer2latex/office/ListCounter.java
+++ b/source/java/writer2latex/office/ListCounter.java
@@ -102,15 +102,16 @@ public class ListCounter {
     }
     
     public String getPrefix() {
-    	if (style.isNumber(nLevel)) {
-    		String sPrefix = style.getLevelProperty(nLevel,XMLString.STYLE_NUM_PREFIX);
-    		return sPrefix!=null ? sPrefix : "";
-    	}
+    	if (style != null && style.isNumber(nLevel)) {
+      	String sPrefix = style.getLevelProperty(nLevel,XMLString.STYLE_NUM_PREFIX);
+      	return sPrefix!=null ? sPrefix : "";
+      }
+    
     	return "";
     }
     
     public String getLabelAndSuffix() {
-    	if (style.isNumber(nLevel)) {
+    	if (style != null && style.isNumber(nLevel)) {
     		String sLabel="";
     		if (sNumFormat[nLevel]==null) return "";
     		int nLevels = Misc.getPosInteger(style.getLevelProperty(nLevel,
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ public class ListCounter {
     		if (sLabel.length()>0 && sSpace!=null) { sLabel+=sSpace; }
     		return sLabel;
     	}
-    	else if (style.isBullet(nLevel)) {
+    	else if (style != null && style.isBullet(nLevel)) {
     		return  style.getLevelProperty(nLevel,XMLString.TEXT_BULLET_CHAR);
     	}
     	else {