diff --git a/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/HTML.php b/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/HTML.php
index ac762a4f2..b96477b7e 100644
--- a/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/HTML.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/HTML.php
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ public function loadIntoExisting($pFilename, PHPExcel $objPHPExcel)
         //    Create a new DOM object
         $dom = new domDocument;
         //    Reload the HTML file into the DOM object
-        $loaded = $dom->loadHTML(mb_convert_encoding($this->securityScanFile($pFilename), 'HTML-ENTITIES', 'UTF-8'));
+        $loaded = @$dom->loadHTML(mb_convert_encoding($this->securityScanFile($pFilename), 'HTML-ENTITIES', 'UTF-8'));
         if ($loaded === false) {
             throw new PHPExcel_Reader_Exception('Failed to load ' . $pFilename . ' as a DOM Document');
         }