diff --git a/src/Monolog/Processor/GitProcessor.php b/src/Monolog/Processor/GitProcessor.php
index 9fc3f50f..cdf5ec73 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Processor/GitProcessor.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Processor/GitProcessor.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class GitProcessor implements ProcessorInterface
         }
 
         $branches = `git branch -v --no-abbrev`;
-        if (preg_match('{^\* (.+?)\s+([a-f0-9]{40})(?:\s|$)}m', $branches, $matches)) {
+        if ($branches && preg_match('{^\* (.+?)\s+([a-f0-9]{40})(?:\s|$)}m', $branches, $matches)) {
             return self::$cache = array(
                 'branch' => $matches[1],
                 'commit' => $matches[2],