diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/OperationEvaluationContext.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/OperationEvaluationContext.java
index 6dba12aba..ce918926c 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/OperationEvaluationContext.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/OperationEvaluationContext.java
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ public final class OperationEvaluationContext {
 	SheetRangeEvaluator createExternSheetRefEvaluator(ExternSheetReferenceToken ptg) {
 		return createExternSheetRefEvaluator(ptg.getExternSheetIndex());
 	}
-	SheetRangeEvaluator createExternSheetRefEvaluator(String sheetName, int externalWorkbookNumber) {
-        ExternalSheet externalSheet = _workbook.getExternalSheet(sheetName, null, externalWorkbookNumber);
+	SheetRangeEvaluator createExternSheetRefEvaluator(String firstSheetName, String lastSheetName, int externalWorkbookNumber) {
+        ExternalSheet externalSheet = _workbook.getExternalSheet(firstSheetName, lastSheetName, externalWorkbookNumber);
         return createExternSheetRefEvaluator(externalSheet);
     }
 	SheetRangeEvaluator createExternSheetRefEvaluator(int externSheetIndex) {
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ public final class OperationEvaluationContext {
 		return new LazyRefEval(rptg.getRow(), rptg.getColumn(), sre);
 	}
     public ValueEval getRef3DEval(Ref3DPxg rptg) {
-        SheetRangeEvaluator sre = createExternSheetRefEvaluator(rptg.getSheetName(), rptg.getExternalWorkbookNumber());
+        SheetRangeEvaluator sre = createExternSheetRefEvaluator(
+                rptg.getSheetName(), rptg.getLastSheetName(), rptg.getExternalWorkbookNumber());
         return new LazyRefEval(rptg.getRow(), rptg.getColumn(), sre);
     }
     
@@ -321,7 +322,8 @@ public final class OperationEvaluationContext {
                 aptg.getLastRow(), aptg.getLastColumn(), sre);
     }
     public ValueEval getArea3DEval(Area3DPxg aptg) {
-        SheetRangeEvaluator sre = createExternSheetRefEvaluator(aptg.getSheetName(), aptg.getExternalWorkbookNumber());
+        SheetRangeEvaluator sre = createExternSheetRefEvaluator(
+                aptg.getSheetName(), aptg.getLastSheetName(), aptg.getExternalWorkbookNumber());
         return new LazyAreaEval(aptg.getFirstRow(), aptg.getFirstColumn(),
                 aptg.getLastRow(), aptg.getLastColumn(), sre);
     }
diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFFormulaEvaluation.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFFormulaEvaluation.java
index 9542c9269..09c45f040 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFFormulaEvaluation.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFFormulaEvaluation.java
@@ -184,10 +184,8 @@ public final class TestXSSFFormulaEvaluation extends BaseTestFormulaEvaluator {
      *  Sheets 1 through Sheet 3).
      * This test, based on common test files for HSSF and XSSF, checks
      *  that we can correctly evaluate these
-     *  
-     * TODO Fix this to pass for XSSF too, currently only passes for HSSF...
      */
-    public void DISABLEDtestMultiSheetReferencesHSSFandXSSF() throws Exception {
+    public void testMultiSheetReferencesHSSFandXSSF() throws Exception {
         Workbook[] wbs = new Workbook[] {
                 HSSFTestDataSamples.openSampleWorkbook("55906-MultiSheetRefs.xls"),
                 XSSFTestDataSamples.openSampleWorkbook("55906-MultiSheetRefs.xlsx")