diff --git a/src/js/static-net-filtering.js b/src/js/static-net-filtering.js
index 00d73665c..acdfd4002 100644
--- a/src/js/static-net-filtering.js
+++ b/src/js/static-net-filtering.js
@@ -2144,6 +2144,7 @@ FilterContainer.prototype.compileToAtomicFilter = function(fdata, parsed, writer
 
     var redirects = µb.redirectEngine.compileRuleFromStaticFilter(parsed.raw);
     if ( Array.isArray(redirects) === false ) {
+        return;
     }
     descBits = typeNameToTypeValue.redirect;
     var i = redirects.length;