diff --git a/styles.go b/styles.go
index c04ca3b3b3..11f6f75019 100644
--- a/styles.go
+++ b/styles.go
@@ -2443,7 +2443,7 @@ func setCellXfs(style *xlsxStyleSheet, fontID, numFmtID, fillID, borderID int, a
 	if borderID != 0 {
 		xf.ApplyBorder = boolPtr(true)
 	}
-	style.CellXfs.Count++
+	style.CellXfs.Count = len(style.CellXfs.Xf) + 1
 	xf.Alignment = alignment
 	if alignment != nil {
 		xf.ApplyAlignment = boolPtr(applyAlignment)
diff --git a/styles_test.go b/styles_test.go
index a71041dd1e..156b4e33b1 100644
--- a/styles_test.go
+++ b/styles_test.go
@@ -271,14 +271,14 @@ func TestNewStyle(t *testing.T) {
 	f.Styles.CellXfs.Xf = nil
 	style4, err := f.NewStyle(&Style{NumFmt: 160, Lang: "unknown"})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, style4)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, style4)
 
 	f = NewFile()
 	f.Styles.NumFmts = nil
 	f.Styles.CellXfs.Xf = nil
 	style5, err := f.NewStyle(&Style{NumFmt: 160, Lang: "zh-cn"})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, style5)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, style5)
 }
 
 func TestGetDefaultFont(t *testing.T) {