diff --git a/include/oembed.php b/include/oembed.php
index 982f659d8e..ee042f8ce9 100755
--- a/include/oembed.php
+++ b/include/oembed.php
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ function oembed_fetch_url($embedurl){
 	}
 
 	$j = json_decode($txt);
+
+	if (!is_object($j))
+		return false;
+
 	$j->embedurl = $embedurl;
 	return $j;
 }