diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/layout/data/tdf116989.docx b/sw/qa/extras/layout/data/tdf116989.docx
deleted file mode 100644
index 498b60dbf345..000000000000
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diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/layout/data/tdf122878.docx b/sw/qa/extras/layout/data/tdf122878.docx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f42e92ea2641
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diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/layout/layout.cxx b/sw/qa/extras/layout/layout.cxx
index 99ca36673c71..83af848df67f 100644
--- a/sw/qa/extras/layout/layout.cxx
+++ b/sw/qa/extras/layout/layout.cxx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public:
     void testTdf120287();
     void testTdf120287b();
     void testTdf120287c();
-    void testTdf116989();
+    void testTdf122878();
     void testTdf115094();
 
     CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE(SwLayoutWriter);
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public:
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testTdf120287);
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testTdf120287b);
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testTdf120287c);
-    CPPUNIT_TEST(testTdf116989);
+    CPPUNIT_TEST(testTdf122878);
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testTdf115094);
     CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_END();
 
@@ -2718,17 +2718,17 @@ void SwLayoutWriter::testTdf120287c()
     assertXPath(pXmlDoc, "/root/page/body/txt[1]/LineBreak", 3);
 }
 
-void SwLayoutWriter::testTdf116989()
+void SwLayoutWriter::testTdf122878()
 {
-    createDoc("tdf116989.docx");
+    createDoc("tdf122878.docx");
     xmlDocPtr pXmlDoc = parseLayoutDump();
     // FIXME: the XPath should be adjusted when the proper floating table would be imported
     const sal_Int32 nTblTop
-        = getXPath(pXmlDoc, "/root/page[1]/footer/tab/infos/bounds", "top").toInt32();
+        = getXPath(pXmlDoc, "/root/page[1]/footer/txt/anchored/fly/tab/infos/bounds", "top")
+              .toInt32();
     const sal_Int32 nFirstPageParaCount
         = getXPathContent(pXmlDoc, "count(/root/page[1]/body/txt)").toInt32();
-    // FIXME: should be exactly 30, when proper floating tables in footers are supported
-    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_GREATEREQUAL(sal_Int32(30), nFirstPageParaCount);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(sal_Int32(30), nFirstPageParaCount);
     for (sal_Int32 i = 1; i <= nFirstPageParaCount; ++i)
     {
         const OString xPath = "/root/page[1]/body/txt[" + OString::number(i) + "]/infos/bounds";
diff --git a/sw/source/core/text/txtfly.cxx b/sw/source/core/text/txtfly.cxx
index 1fbf696c4cf5..a5a448e94fd3 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/text/txtfly.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/text/txtfly.cxx
@@ -803,7 +803,6 @@ bool SwTextFly::GetTop( const SwAnchoredObject* _pAnchoredObj,
                    // #i13832#, #i24135# wrap around objects in page header
                    ( !pIDSA->get(DocumentSettingId::USE_FORMER_TEXT_WRAPPING) &&
                      nullptr != ( pHeader = pTmp->FindFooterOrHeader() ) &&
-                     !pHeader->IsFooterFrame() &&
                      m_pCurrFrame->IsInDocBody())))
             {
                 if( pHeader || RndStdIds::FLY_AT_FLY == rNewA.GetAnchorId() )
diff --git a/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapperTableHandler.cxx b/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapperTableHandler.cxx
index 04fd361b7e36..01c7f59fc314 100644
--- a/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapperTableHandler.cxx
+++ b/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapperTableHandler.cxx
@@ -1176,8 +1176,7 @@ void DomainMapperTableHandler::endTable(unsigned int nestedTableLevel, bool bTab
             m_aTableProperties->getValue(TablePropertyMap::TABLE_WIDTH_TYPE, nTableWidthType);
             if (m_rDMapper_Impl.GetSectionContext() && nestedTableLevel <= 1 && !m_rDMapper_Impl.IsInHeaderFooter())
                 m_rDMapper_Impl.m_aPendingFloatingTables.emplace_back(xStart, xEnd, comphelper::containerToSequence(aFrameProperties), nTableWidth, nTableWidthType);
-            else if (!m_rDMapper_Impl.IsInFooter()) // FIXME: tdf#116989 floating objects anchored
-                                                    //to footer cannot have proper wrapping
+            else
             {
                 // m_xText points to the body text, get the current xText from m_rDMapper_Impl, in case e.g. we would be in a header.
                 uno::Reference<text::XTextAppendAndConvert> xTextAppendAndConvert(m_rDMapper_Impl.GetTopTextAppend(), uno::UNO_QUERY);