diff --git a/source/java/writer2latex/xhtml/PageSplitter.java b/source/java/writer2latex/xhtml/PageSplitter.java
index 4acf852..3012fc4 100644
--- a/source/java/writer2latex/xhtml/PageSplitter.java
+++ b/source/java/writer2latex/xhtml/PageSplitter.java
@@ -513,11 +513,11 @@ public class PageSplitter {
 				//SPB FOUND
 				if (checkSoftPageBreak(paraChildNode, false)){
 					if (nodeName.equals(XMLString.TEXT_SOFT_PAGE_BREAK)){
-						// remove inner soft page break node
-						paraNode.removeChild(paraChildNode);
+						
+						
 						
 						//Next node in paragraph. If it is text node go further
-						Node paraNextNode = paraChildNodes.item(i);
+						Node paraNextNode = paraChildNodes.item(i+1);
 						Node paraPrevNode = paraFirstPart.getLastChild();
 						String nextText = null;
 						String prevText = null;
@@ -550,6 +550,15 @@ public class PageSplitter {
 								}
 							}
 						}
+						// In case paragraph is empty add space to prevent it's removing
+						if (paraNextNode == null && paraPrevNode == null){
+							Document doc = paraNode.getOwnerDocument();
+							Node space = doc.createTextNode(" ");
+							paraNode.insertBefore(space, paraChildNode);
+						}
+						
+						// remove inner soft page break node
+						paraNode.removeChild(paraChildNode);
 						
 						/*	Check if next node in para is text and first char is a letter
 						 *  Check if last node in paraFirstPart is text and last char is a letter