diff --git a/inc/parser/metadata.php b/inc/parser/metadata.php
index 6e2c27b2ad30042fdede7e4c7a8bbfa438148214..04a9ed8b105cbd2b207a62aba851e13d11233d59 100644
--- a/inc/parser/metadata.php
+++ b/inc/parser/metadata.php
@@ -363,6 +363,8 @@ class Doku_Renderer_metadata extends Doku_Renderer {
   function _simpleTitle($name){
     global $conf;
 
+    if(is_array($name)) return '';
+
     if($conf['useslash']){
         $nssep = '[:;/]';
     }else{