diff --git a/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php b/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php
index d4b87bde2..ce893a9e5 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/e_parse_class.php
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ class e_parse extends e_parser
 
 		if($opts['defs'] && (strlen($text) < 35) && ((strpos($text, '::') === FALSE) && defined(trim($text))))
 		{
-			return constant(trim($text));
+			$text = constant(trim($text)); // don't return yet, words could be hooked with linkwords etc.
 		}
 
 		if ($opts['no_tags'])