diff --git a/C4/Matcher.pm b/C4/Matcher.pm
index 0aaaf818d9..35ba08af79 100644
--- a/C4/Matcher.pm
+++ b/C4/Matcher.pm
@@ -752,8 +752,16 @@ sub get_matches {
             my ( $authresults, $total ) = $searcher->search_auth_compat( $search_query, 0, 20 );
 
             foreach my $result (@$authresults) {
-                my $id            = $result->{authid};
-                my $target_record = Koha::Authorities->find($id)->record;
+                my $id             = $result->{authid};
+                my $target_auth    = Koha::Authorities->find($id);
+                my $target_record  = eval { $target_auth->record };
+                my $invalid_record = $@ || !$target_record;
+                if ($invalid_record) {
+                    warn
+                        "Error parsing matched authority record $id, attempting to clean record, record will be skipped if it fails";
+                    $target_record = $target_auth->record_strip_nonxml;
+                }
+                next unless $target_record;
                 $matches->{$id}->{score} += $matchpoint->{'score'};
                 $matches->{$id}->{record} = $target_record;
             }