Index: wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/inc/template-tags.php
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--- wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/inc/template-tags.php	(revision 39994)
+++ wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/inc/template-tags.php	(working copy)
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 							echo '<span class="cat-links">' . twentyseventeen_get_svg( array( 'icon' => 'folder-open' ) ) . '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Categories', 'twentyseventeen' ) . '</span>' . $categories_list . '</span>';
 						}
 
-						if ( $tags_list ) {
+						if ( $tags_list && ! is_wp_error( $tags_list ) ) {
 							echo '<span class="tags-links">' . twentyseventeen_get_svg( array( 'icon' => 'hashtag' ) ) . '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Tags', 'twentyseventeen' ) . '</span>' . $tags_list . '</span>';
 						}