diff --git a/.datatables-commit-sync b/.datatables-commit-sync
index 0f044b4f..29d14bf5 100644
--- a/.datatables-commit-sync
+++ b/.datatables-commit-sync
@@ -1 +1 @@
-f21e58d17a7dba6644b7fb8381354fa351043017
+46d1f3bbf2385d6918482953c6b3ee5ff64ba988
diff --git a/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js b/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
index 1d1af079..d4818bac 100644
--- a/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
+++ b/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
@@ -13787,9 +13787,11 @@
 	
 		// html
 		"html-pre": function ( a ) {
-			return a.replace ?
-				a.replace( /<.*?>/g, "" ).toLowerCase() :
-				a+'';
+			return ! a ?
+				'' :
+				a.replace ?
+					a.replace( /<.*?>/g, "" ).toLowerCase() :
+					a+'';
 		},
 	
 		// string