diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Parser/Entities.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/Parser/Entities.cpp
index a48f875a15..724468ec31 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Parser/Entities.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Parser/Entities.cpp
@@ -2292,6 +2292,8 @@ Optional<EntityMatch> codepoints_from_entity(const StringView& entity)
         }
     }
 
+    if (match.entity.is_empty())
+        return {};
     return match;
 }