diff --git a/filter/source/textfilterdetect/filterdetect.cxx b/filter/source/textfilterdetect/filterdetect.cxx
index 9d25e289ec89..41bdf1f7baab 100644
--- a/filter/source/textfilterdetect/filterdetect.cxx
+++ b/filter/source/textfilterdetect/filterdetect.cxx
@@ -186,13 +186,14 @@ OUString SAL_CALL PlainTextFilterDetect::detect(uno::Sequence<beans::PropertyVal
 
         // Decide which filter to use based on the document service first,
         // then on extension if that's not available.
-
-        if (aDocService == CALC_DOCSERVICE)
+        if (aExt == "csv" || aExt == "tsv" || aExt == "tab" || aExt == "xls" || aName.endsWith(".csv.gz"))
+             aMediaDesc[MediaDescriptor::PROP_FILTERNAME] <<= OUString(CALC_TEXT_FILTER);
+        else if (aExt == "txt")
+             aMediaDesc[MediaDescriptor::PROP_FILTERNAME] <<= OUString(WRITER_TEXT_FILTER);
+        else if (aDocService == CALC_DOCSERVICE)
             aMediaDesc[MediaDescriptor::PROP_FILTERNAME] <<= OUString(CALC_TEXT_FILTER);
         else if (aDocService == WRITER_DOCSERVICE)
             aMediaDesc[MediaDescriptor::PROP_FILTERNAME] <<= OUString(WRITER_TEXT_FILTER);
-        else if (aExt == "csv" || aExt == "tsv" || aExt == "tab" || aExt == "xls" || aName.endsWith(".csv.gz"))
-            aMediaDesc[MediaDescriptor::PROP_FILTERNAME] <<= OUString(CALC_TEXT_FILTER);
         else
             aMediaDesc[MediaDescriptor::PROP_FILTERNAME] <<= OUString(WRITER_TEXT_FILTER);
     }