diff --git a/vendor/gems/discourse_emoji/vendor/assets/javascripts/discourse_emoji.js b/vendor/gems/discourse_emoji/vendor/assets/javascripts/discourse_emoji.js
index 58118a072..64a79608a 100644
--- a/vendor/gems/discourse_emoji/vendor/assets/javascripts/discourse_emoji.js
+++ b/vendor/gems/discourse_emoji/vendor/assets/javascripts/discourse_emoji.js
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
           return [match[0].length, contents];
         }
       }
+      return;
     }
 
     // Simple find and replace from our array