diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/DStarRunner.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/DStarRunner.java
index b743d3e11..6a87a67a6 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/DStarRunner.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/DStarRunner.java
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ public final class DStarRunner implements Function3Arg {
         final int width = db.getWidth();
         for(int column = 0; column < width; ++column) {
             ValueEval columnNameValueEval = db.getValue(0, column);
+            if(solveReference(columnNameValueEval) instanceof BlankEval) {
+                continue;
+            }
             String columnName = getStringFromValueEval(columnNameValueEval);
             if(name.equals(columnName)) {
                 resultColumn = column;
diff --git a/test-data/spreadsheet/DGet.xls b/test-data/spreadsheet/DGet.xls
index 860158611..5d254febe 100644
Binary files a/test-data/spreadsheet/DGet.xls and b/test-data/spreadsheet/DGet.xls differ