diff --git a/administrator/components/com_fields/helpers/fields.php b/administrator/components/com_fields/helpers/fields.php
index 603621063c338..17851e3837380 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_fields/helpers/fields.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_fields/helpers/fields.php
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ public static function extract($contextString, $item = null)
 				{
 					$parts[1] = $section;
 				}
+				else
+				{
+					return null;
+				}
 			}
 		}