diff --git a/src/Module/Post/Tag/Remove.php b/src/Module/Post/Tag/Remove.php
index 1ed68e2cfa..d00e657f0f 100644
--- a/src/Module/Post/Tag/Remove.php
+++ b/src/Module/Post/Tag/Remove.php
@@ -78,9 +78,11 @@ class Remove extends \Friendica\BaseModule
 		$tag_text = Tag::getCSVByURIId($item['uri-id']);
 
 		$tags = explode(',', $tag_text);
-		if (!is_array($tags)) {
+		if ($tag_text === '') {
 			$this->baseUrl->redirect($returnUrl);
 		}
+		
+		$tags = explode(',', $tag_text);
 
 		$tag_checkboxes = array_map(function ($tag_text) {
 			return ['tag[' . bin2hex($tag_text) . ']', BBCode::toPlaintext($tag_text)];