diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFSheet.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFSheet.java
index 6f8613afa6..abaca3a5cf 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFSheet.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFSheet.java
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ import org.apache.poi.util.Beta;
 import org.apache.poi.util.Internal;
 import org.apache.poi.util.POILogFactory;
 import org.apache.poi.util.POILogger;
-import org.apache.poi.util.Removal;
 import org.apache.poi.util.Units;
 import org.apache.poi.xssf.model.CommentsTable;
 import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFPivotTable.PivotTableReferenceConfigurator;
@@ -4011,7 +4010,7 @@ public class XSSFSheet extends POIXMLDocumentPart implements Sheet  {
     public List<XSSFDataValidation> getDataValidations() {
         List<XSSFDataValidation> xssfValidations = new ArrayList<>();
         CTDataValidations dataValidations = this.worksheet.getDataValidations();
-        if( dataValidations!=null && dataValidations.getCount() > 0 ) {
+        if (dataValidations != null) {
             for (CTDataValidation ctDataValidation : dataValidations.getDataValidationArray()) {
                 CellRangeAddressList addressList = new CellRangeAddressList();
 
@@ -4031,6 +4030,7 @@ public class XSSFSheet extends POIXMLDocumentPart implements Sheet  {
                 xssfValidations.add(xssfDataValidation);
             }
         }
+
         return xssfValidations;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFBugs.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFBugs.java
index 5476e28688..7c2fed7a83 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFBugs.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFBugs.java
@@ -3661,4 +3661,12 @@ public final class TestXSSFBugs extends BaseTestBugzillaIssues {
         assertEquals(CellType.NUMERIC, value.getCellType());
         assertEquals(1, value.getNumberValue(), 0.01);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test64750() throws IOException {
+        try (Workbook wb = XSSFTestDataSamples.openSampleWorkbook("64750.xlsx")) {
+            Sheet sheet = wb.getSheet("Sheet1");
+            assertEquals(1, sheet.getDataValidations().size());
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test-data/spreadsheet/64750.xlsx b/test-data/spreadsheet/64750.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7653dfe111
Binary files /dev/null and b/test-data/spreadsheet/64750.xlsx differ