diff -r 3629209d4662 chart2/source/view/charttypes/VSeriesPlotter.cxx
--- a/chart2/source/view/charttypes/VSeriesPlotter.cxx	Fri Dec 11 18:16:26 2009 +0100
+++ b/chart2/source/view/charttypes/VSeriesPlotter.cxx	Fri Jan 08 09:57:31 2010 +0100
@@ -537,6 +537,9 @@
             createText( xTarget_, aText.makeStringAndClear()
                         , *pPropNames, *pPropValues, ShapeFactory::makeTransformation( aScreenPosition2D ) );
 
+        if( !xTextShape.is() )
+            return xTextShape;
+
         const awt::Point aUnrotatedTextPos( xTextShape->getPosition() );
         if( fRotationDegrees != 0.0 )
         {
@@ -547,7 +550,7 @@
             LabelPositionHelper::correctPositionForRotation( xTextShape, eAlignment, fRotationDegrees, true /*bRotateAroundCenter*/ );
         }
         
-        if( xSymbol.is() && xTextShape.is() )
+        if( xSymbol.is() )
         {
             const awt::Point aOldTextPos( xTextShape->getPosition() );
             awt::Point aNewTextPos( aOldTextPos );