diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/AbstractPart.php b/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/AbstractPart.php
index 9d49573d69..77142a5fe6 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/AbstractPart.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/AbstractPart.php
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ protected function readParagraph(XMLReader $xmlReader, DOMElement $domNode, $par
                     }
                 }
             }
+
+            return;
         } elseif ($xmlReader->elementExists('w:r/w:instrText', $domNode)) {
             // PreserveText
             $ignoreText = false;