diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 6bbe947e4..3740365de 100755
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -2503,7 +2503,10 @@ def extractTextTagContent(page):
     page = page or ""
 
     if REFLECTED_VALUE_MARKER in page:
-        page = re.sub(r"(?si)[^\s>]*%s[^\s<]*" % REFLECTED_VALUE_MARKER, "", page)
+        try:
+            page = re.sub(r"(?i)[^\s>]*%s[^\s<]*" % REFLECTED_VALUE_MARKER, "", page)
+        except MemoryError:
+            page = page.replace(REFLECTED_VALUE_MARKER, "")
 
     return filter(None, (_.group('result').strip() for _ in re.finditer(TEXT_TAG_REGEX, page)))