diff --git a/lib/liquid/block_body.rb b/lib/liquid/block_body.rb
index 14a3696..5e8a965 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/block_body.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/block_body.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ module Liquid
     def warnings
       all_warnings = []
       nodelist.each do |node|
-        all_warnings.concat(node.warnings) if node.respond_to?(:warnings) && node.warnings
+        all_warnings.concat(node.warnings || []) if node.respond_to?(:warnings)
       end
       all_warnings
     end
diff --git a/test/integration/template_test.rb b/test/integration/template_test.rb
index 9a4c979..e395206 100644
--- a/test/integration/template_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/template_test.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'test_helper'
+require 'timeout'
 
 class TemplateContextDrop < Liquid::Drop
   def before_method(method)
@@ -37,6 +38,16 @@ class TemplateTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_equal 'from instance assigns', t.parse("{{ foo }}").render!
   end
 
+  def test_warnings_is_not_exponential_time
+    str = "false"
+    100.times do
+      str = "{% if true %}true{% else %}#{str}{% endif %}"
+    end
+
+    t = Template.parse(str)
+    assert_equal [], Timeout::timeout(1) { t.warnings }
+  end
+
   def test_instance_assigns_persist_on_same_template_parsing_between_renders
     t = Template.new.parse("{{ foo }}{% assign foo = 'foo' %}{{ foo }}")
     assert_equal 'foo', t.render!