diff --git a/includes/FeedsBatch.inc b/includes/FeedsBatch.inc
index c39ffd21652bf649ca461c1b5f594e17942df263..95f15b6e30cbdef15a41ac3f9ced7d6ebf2362cf 100644
--- a/includes/FeedsBatch.inc
+++ b/includes/FeedsBatch.inc
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ class FeedsImportBatch {
 
   /**
    * Set items.
+   * 
+   * @param $items
+   *   An array of the items in the feed. Cannot be NULL.
    */
   public function setItems($items) {
     $this->items = $items;
diff --git a/plugins/FeedsSyndicationParser.inc b/plugins/FeedsSyndicationParser.inc
index 1561bce211580055629b15453634b7a75a09bbb3..98ab1f0b01aea55b6da194a20095bc65db351d9d 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedsSyndicationParser.inc
+++ b/plugins/FeedsSyndicationParser.inc
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ class FeedsSyndicationParser extends FeedsParser {
     $batch->setTitle($result['title']);
     $batch->setDescription($result['description']);
     $batch->setLink($result['link']);
-    $batch->setItems($result['items']);
+    if (is_array($result['items'])) {
+      $batch->setItems($result['items']);
+    }
   }
 
   /**