diff --git a/src/extension/internal/svg.cpp b/src/extension/internal/svg.cpp
index 67319bdec4ba803a4bac8fd85279a5d1c972c492..d9f7408356c350688cfa7a2a997a48ca084a5ba0 100644
--- a/src/extension/internal/svg.cpp
+++ b/src/extension/internal/svg.cpp
@@ -479,8 +479,10 @@ static void insert_text_fallback( Inkscape::XML::Node *repr, SPDocument *origina
                     text->layout.getSourceOfCharacter(it, &source_obj, &span_text_start_iter);
 
                     // Set tspan style
-                    Glib::ustring style_text = (dynamic_cast<SPString *>(source_obj) ? source_obj->parent : source_obj)->style->write( SP_STYLE_FLAG_IFDIFF, SP_STYLE_SRC_UNSET, text->style);
-                    if (!style_text.empty()) {
+                    SPObject *style_source_obj = dynamic_cast<SPString *>(source_obj) ? source_obj->parent : source_obj;
+                    if (style_source_obj != text) {
+                        auto style_text =
+                            style_source_obj->style->write(SP_STYLE_FLAG_IFDIFF, SP_STYLE_SRC_UNSET, text->style);
                         span_tspan->setAttributeOrRemoveIfEmpty("style", style_text);
                     }