diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/Injector/Linkify.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/Injector/Linkify.php
index 74f83eaa..3b6d70f6 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier/Injector/Linkify.php
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/Injector/Linkify.php
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ class HTMLPurifier_Injector_Linkify extends HTMLPurifier_Injector
             '/\\b((?:[a-z][\\w\\-]+:(?:\\/{1,3}|[a-z0-9%])|www\\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9.\\-]+[.][a-z]{2,4}\\/)(?:[^\\s()<>]|\\((?:[^\\s()<>]|(?:\\([^\\s()<>]+\\)))*\\))+(?:\\((?:[^\\s()<>]|(?:\\([^\\s()<>]+\\)))*\\)|[^\\s`!()\\[\\]{};:\'".,<>?\x{00ab}\x{00bb}\x{201c}\x{201d}\x{2018}\x{2019}]))/iu',
             $token->data, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
 
+        if ($bits === false) {
+            return;
+        }
 
         $token = array();