diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 3eb2b3b90b4..cac836a7db8 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -3330,7 +3330,7 @@ class Item
 		}
 
 		$dom = new \DOMDocument();
-		if (!@$dom->loadHTML($html)) {
+		if (empty($html) || !@$dom->loadHTML($html)) {
 			return $html;
 		}