diff --git a/plugins/transforms/excel/src/main/java/org/apache/hop/pipeline/transforms/excelinput/ExcelInputMeta.java b/plugins/transforms/excel/src/main/java/org/apache/hop/pipeline/transforms/excelinput/ExcelInputMeta.java
index c2cfcce33e6..26a152fdf07 100644
--- a/plugins/transforms/excel/src/main/java/org/apache/hop/pipeline/transforms/excelinput/ExcelInputMeta.java
+++ b/plugins/transforms/excel/src/main/java/org/apache/hop/pipeline/transforms/excelinput/ExcelInputMeta.java
@@ -366,6 +366,10 @@ public void getFields(
       IVariables variables,
       IHopMetadataProvider metadataProvider)
       throws HopTransformException {
+
+    // Clean the row if eventually is dirty
+    row.clear();
+
     for (ExcelInputField field : fields) {
       int type = field.getHopType();
       if (type == IValueMeta.TYPE_NONE) {