diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index 42050460b..aeb943121 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
     <changes>
         <release version="3.8-beta6" date="2012-??-??">
+           <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">52244 - use correct text attributes when presentation has multiple TxMasterStyleAtoms of the same type</action>
            <action dev="poi-developers" type="add">support setting background color of sheet tab in XSSF</action>
            <action dev="poi-developers" type="add">51564 - support for enforcing fields update in XWPF</action>
            <action dev="poi-developers" type="add">51673 - support grouping rows in SXSSF</action>
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/SlideMaster.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/SlideMaster.java
index 5ebbb27fb..a103d09c7 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/SlideMaster.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/SlideMaster.java
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ public final class SlideMaster extends MasterSheet {
 
             TxMasterStyleAtom[] txrec = ((MainMaster)getSheetContainer()).getTxMasterStyleAtoms();
             for (int i = 0; i < txrec.length; i++) {
-                _txmaster[txrec[i].getTextType()] = txrec[i];
+                int txType = txrec[i].getTextType();
+                if(_txmaster[txType] == null) _txmaster[txType] = txrec[i];
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestTextRun.java b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestTextRun.java
index 471ee5bb5..f59eef3a5 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestTextRun.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestTextRun.java
@@ -531,4 +531,21 @@ public final class TestTextRun extends TestCase {
         }
 
     }
+
+    public void test52244() throws IOException {
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("52244.ppt"));
+        Slide slide = ppt.getSlides()[0];
+        TextRun[] runs = slide.getTextRuns();
+
+        assertEquals("Arial", runs[0].getRichTextRuns()[0].getFontName());
+        assertEquals(36, runs[0].getRichTextRuns()[0].getFontSize());
+
+        assertEquals("Arial", runs[1].getRichTextRuns()[0].getFontName());
+        assertEquals(24, runs[1].getRichTextRuns()[0].getFontSize());
+
+        assertEquals("Arial", runs[2].getRichTextRuns()[0].getFontName());
+        assertEquals(32, runs[2].getRichTextRuns()[0].getFontSize());
+
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/test-data/slideshow/52244.ppt b/test-data/slideshow/52244.ppt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aaf384360
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