diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/AbstractXWPFSDT.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/AbstractXWPFSDT.java
index 2cf42f1862..4db163de2d 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/AbstractXWPFSDT.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/AbstractXWPFSDT.java
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-/* ====================================================================
-   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-   limitations under the License.
+/* ====================================================================
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
 ==================================================================== */
 package org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel;
 
@@ -33,18 +33,22 @@ public abstract class AbstractXWPFSDT implements ISDTContents {
     private final IBody part;
 
     public AbstractXWPFSDT(CTSdtPr pr, IBody part) {
-
-        CTString[] aliases = pr.getAliasArray();
-        if (aliases != null && aliases.length > 0) {
-            title = aliases[0].getVal();
-        } else {
+        if (pr == null) {
             title = "";
-        }
-        CTString[] tags = pr.getTagArray();
-        if (tags != null && tags.length > 0) {
-            tag = tags[0].getVal();
-        } else {
             tag = "";
+        } else {
+            CTString[] aliases = pr.getAliasArray();
+            if (aliases != null && aliases.length > 0) {
+                title = aliases[0].getVal();
+            } else {
+                title = "";
+            }
+            CTString[] tags = pr.getTagArray();
+            if (tags != null && tags.length > 0) {
+                tag = tags[0].getVal();
+            } else {
+                tag = "";
+            }
         }
         this.part = part;
 
diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFSDT.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFSDT.java
index b008763ca6..0f625fbd90 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFSDT.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFSDT.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -131,6 +132,15 @@ public final class TestXWPFSDT extends TestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    public void test60341() throws IOException {
+        //handle sdtbody without an sdtpr
+        XWPFDocument doc = XWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleDocument("Bug60341.docx");
+        List<AbstractXWPFSDT> sdts = extractAllSDTs(doc);
+        assertEquals(1, sdts.size());
+        assertEquals("", sdts.get(0).getTag());
+        assertEquals("", sdts.get(0).getTitle());
+    }
+
     private List<AbstractXWPFSDT> extractAllSDTs(XWPFDocument doc) {
 
         List<AbstractXWPFSDT> sdts = new ArrayList<AbstractXWPFSDT>();