diff --git a/docling/models/base_ocr_model.py b/docling/models/base_ocr_model.py
index 67ada340..75f36195 100644
--- a/docling/models/base_ocr_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/base_ocr_model.py
@@ -154,6 +154,15 @@ class BaseOcrModel(BasePageModel, BaseModelWithOptions):
         page.parsed_page.textline_cells = final_cells
         page.parsed_page.has_lines = len(final_cells) > 0
 
+        # When force_full_page_ocr is used, word/char-level cells from PDF
+        # are also unreliable. Clear them so downstream components (e.g., table
+        # structure model) fall back to OCR-extracted textline cells.
+        if self.options.force_full_page_ocr:
+            page.parsed_page.word_cells = []
+            page.parsed_page.char_cells = []
+            page.parsed_page.has_words = False
+            page.parsed_page.has_chars = False
+
     def _combine_cells(
         self, existing_cells: List[TextCell], ocr_cells: List[TextCell]
     ) -> List[TextCell]: