diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php
index b276eb31b7..232fbb47e6 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ class WP_Press_This {
 
 		$default_html = array( 'quote' => '', 'link' => '', 'embed' => '' );
 
-		if ( $this->_limit_embed( $data['u'] ) ) {
+		if ( ! empty( $data['u'] ) && $this->_limit_embed( $data['u'] ) ) {
 			$default_html['embed'] = '<p>[embed]' . $data['u'] . '[/embed]</p>';
 
 			if ( ! empty( $data['s'] ) ) {