diff --git a/lib/filter/filter.class.php b/lib/filter/filter.class.php
index f4e9980630..2f44b2df3a 100644
--- a/lib/filter/filter.class.php
+++ b/lib/filter/filter.class.php
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ class fixer extends baseFixer
      * @return object
      */
     public function filterEmoji($value){
+        if(is_object($value) or is_array($value))
+        {
+            foreach($value as $subValue) $this->filterEmoji($subValue);
+        }
+
         $value = preg_replace_callback('/./u', function (array $match)
         {
             return strlen($match[0]) >= 4 ? '' : $match[0];