1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/docx/body-reader.js b/lib/docx/body-reader.js
index e6a70e2..b3aea00 100644
--- a/lib/docx/body-reader.js
+++ b/lib/docx/body-reader.js
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ function BodyReader(options) {
             });
         });
         if (unexpectedNonCells) {
+            removeVMergeProperties(rows);
             return elementResultWithMessages(rows, [warning(
                 "unexpected non-cell element in table row, cell merging may be incorrect"
             )]);