diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 8f6ca2954..a0255dda4 100755
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -2482,7 +2482,9 @@ def extractTextTagContent(page):
     [u'Title', u'foobar']
     """
 
-    page = re.sub(r"(?si)[^\s>]*%s[^<]*" % REFLECTED_VALUE_MARKER, "", page or "")
+    page = page or ""
+    if REFLECTED_VALUE_MARKER in page:
+        page = re.sub(r"(?si)[^\s>]*%s[^\s<]*" % REFLECTED_VALUE_MARKER, "", page)
     return filter(None, (_.group('result').strip() for _ in re.finditer(TEXT_TAG_REGEX, page)))
 
 def trimAlphaNum(value):