diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ba379aaf..215eb506d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 ### 🐞Bug修复
 * 【core   】     修复createScheduledExecutor单位不是毫秒的问题（issue#I3OYIW@Gitee）
 * 【core   】     修复Tailer无stop问题（issue#I3PQLQ@Gitee）
+* 【core   】     修复空白excel读取报错问题（issue#1552@Github）
 
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diff --git a/hutool-poi/src/main/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/reader/MapSheetReader.java b/hutool-poi/src/main/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/reader/MapSheetReader.java
index 5396c3583..0f832597d 100644
--- a/hutool-poi/src/main/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/reader/MapSheetReader.java
+++ b/hutool-poi/src/main/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/reader/MapSheetReader.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cn.hutool.poi.excel.reader;
 
 import cn.hutool.core.collection.CollUtil;
 import cn.hutool.core.collection.IterUtil;
+import cn.hutool.core.collection.ListUtil;
 import cn.hutool.core.util.StrUtil;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
 
@@ -36,6 +37,10 @@ public class MapSheetReader extends AbstractSheetReader<List<Map<String, Object>
 		// 边界判断
 		final int firstRowNum = sheet.getFirstRowNum();
 		final int lastRowNum = sheet.getLastRowNum();
+		if(lastRowNum < 0){
+			return ListUtil.empty();
+		}
+
 		if (headerRowIndex < firstRowNum) {
 			throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(StrUtil.format("Header row index {} is lower than first row index {}.", headerRowIndex, firstRowNum));
 		} else if (headerRowIndex > lastRowNum) {
diff --git a/hutool-poi/src/test/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/ExcelReadTest.java b/hutool-poi/src/test/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/ExcelReadTest.java
index 3fc73a029..839d50224 100644
--- a/hutool-poi/src/test/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/ExcelReadTest.java
+++ b/hutool-poi/src/test/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/ExcelReadTest.java
@@ -217,4 +217,11 @@ public class ExcelReadTest {
 		Assert.assertEquals("#", read.get(3).get(0));
 		Assert.assertEquals("#", read.get(3).get(1));
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void readEmptyTest(){
+		final ExcelReader reader = ExcelUtil.getReader("d:/test/issue.xlsx");
+		final List<Map<String, Object>> maps = reader.readAll();
+		Console.log(maps);
+	}
 }