diff --git a/src/importexport/musicxml/internal/musicxml/importmxmlpass2.cpp b/src/importexport/musicxml/internal/musicxml/importmxmlpass2.cpp
index 7e3465e446d8e..73f5bebfcc9b3 100644
--- a/src/importexport/musicxml/internal/musicxml/importmxmlpass2.cpp
+++ b/src/importexport/musicxml/internal/musicxml/importmxmlpass2.cpp
@@ -3718,6 +3718,7 @@ void MusicXMLParserDirection::textToCrescLine(String& text)
 
     line->setHairpinType(cresc ? HairpinType::CRESC_LINE : HairpinType::DECRESC_LINE);
     line->setBeginText(simplifiedText);
+    line->setContinueText(u"");
     line->setProperty(Pid::LINE_VISIBLE, false);
     m_inferredHairpinStart = line;
 }