diff --git a/libraries/src/Layout/FileLayout.php b/libraries/src/Layout/FileLayout.php
index b08f30655dfd6..4d560db1c7155 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Layout/FileLayout.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Layout/FileLayout.php
@@ -127,7 +127,11 @@ public function render($displayData = array())
 		ob_start();
 		include $path;
 		$layoutOutput .= ob_get_contents();
-		ob_end_clean();
+
+		if (ob_get_length())
+		{
+			ob_end_clean();
+		}
 
 		return $layoutOutput;
 	}