diff --git a/modules/member/member.model.php b/modules/member/member.model.php
index a1d049108..1ab7ec291 100644
--- a/modules/member/member.model.php
+++ b/modules/member/member.model.php
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ class memberModel extends member
 			{
 				foreach($extra_vars as $key => $val)
 				{
-					if(!is_array($val) && strpos($val, '|@|') !== FALSE) $val = explode('|@|', $val);
+					if(!is_array($val) && !is_object($val) && strpos($val, '|@|') !== FALSE) $val = explode('|@|', $val);
 					if(!$info->{$key}) $info->{$key} = $val;
 				}
 			}