diff --git a/mozilla/mail/extensions/newsblog/content/Feed.js b/mozilla/mail/extensions/newsblog/content/Feed.js
index 1c24421b388..5c721087436 100755
--- a/mozilla/mail/extensions/newsblog/content/Feed.js
+++ b/mozilla/mail/extensions/newsblog/content/Feed.js
@@ -248,8 +248,11 @@ Feed.prototype =
     return title;
   },
 
-  set title (aNewTitle) 
+  set title (aNewTitle)
   {
+    if (!aNewTitle)
+      return;
+
     var ds = getSubscriptionsDS(this.server);
     aNewTitle = rdf.GetLiteral(aNewTitle);
     var old_title = ds.GetTarget(this.resource, DC_TITLE, true);
diff --git a/mozilla/mail/extensions/newsblog/content/feed-parser.js b/mozilla/mail/extensions/newsblog/content/feed-parser.js
index 75675711c37..cfa8047f422 100644
--- a/mozilla/mail/extensions/newsblog/content/feed-parser.js
+++ b/mozilla/mail/extensions/newsblog/content/feed-parser.js
@@ -497,9 +497,9 @@ FeedParser.prototype =
     return null;
   },
   
-  stripTags: function(someHTML) 
+  stripTags: function(someHTML)
   {
-    return someHTML.replace(/<[^>]+>/g,"");
+    return someHTML ? someHTML.replace(/<[^>]+>/g,"") : someHTML;
   },
 
   xmlUnescape: function(s)