diff --git a/plugins/TwitterBridge/daemons/twitterstatusfetcher.php b/plugins/TwitterBridge/daemons/twitterstatusfetcher.php
index d8901f47ba..b4ca12be23 100755
--- a/plugins/TwitterBridge/daemons/twitterstatusfetcher.php
+++ b/plugins/TwitterBridge/daemons/twitterstatusfetcher.php
@@ -213,7 +213,9 @@ class TwitterStatusFetcher extends ParallelizingDaemon
 
             $notice = $this->saveStatus($status, $flink);
 
-            common_broadcast_notice($notice);
+            if (!empty($notice)) {
+                common_broadcast_notice($notice);
+            }
         }
 
         // Okay, record the time we synced with Twitter for posterity