diff --git a/modules/filter/filter.module b/modules/filter/filter.module
index 4f2fd46a15f92f4aeb7a824bdb5f869929cc97fe..df2266c552d3754bd39382e86426f973a34c3de5 100644
--- a/modules/filter/filter.module
+++ b/modules/filter/filter.module
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ function _filter_autop($text) {
   // We don't apply any processing to the contents of these tags to avoid messing
   // up code. We look for matched pairs and allow basic nesting. For example:
   // "processed <pre> ignored <script> ignored </script> ignored </pre> processed"
-  $chunks = preg_split('@(</?(?:pre|script|style)[^>]*>)@i', $text, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
+  $chunks = preg_split('@(</?(?:pre|script|style|object)[^>]*>)@i', $text, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
   // Note: PHP ensures the array consists of alternating delimiters and literals
   // and begins and ends with a literal (inserting NULL as required).
   $ignore = FALSE;