diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 10fc41cc23..00435e2d4d 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -3498,6 +3498,10 @@ class Item
 		}
 
 		if (!empty($shared_item['uri-id'])) {
+			if (!$s) {
+				DI::logger()->notice('Unexpected empty item HTML', ['item' => $item]);
+			}
+
 			$s = self::replacePlatformIcon($s, $shared_item, $uid);
 		}
 
@@ -3574,6 +3578,10 @@ class Item
 	 */
 	private static function replacePlatformIcon(string $html, array $item, int $uid): string
 	{
+		if ($html === '') {
+			return $html;
+		}
+
 		$dom = new \DOMDocument();
 		if (!@$dom->loadHTML($html)) {
 			return $html;