diff --git a/R/R/REDCap_split.r b/R/R/REDCap_split.r
index 9f411fb..83d4faf 100644
--- a/R/R/REDCap_split.r
+++ b/R/R/REDCap_split.r
@@ -112,27 +112,30 @@ REDCap_split <- function(records, metadata) {
   fields <- rbind(fields, form_complete_fields)
 
   # Process ".*\\.factor" fields supplied by REDCap's export data R script
-  factor_fields <-
-    do.call(
-      "rbind",
-      apply(
-        fields,
-        1,
-        function(x, y) {
-          field_indices <- grepl(paste0("^", x[1], "\\.factor$"), y)
-          if (any(field_indices))
-            data.frame(
-              field_name = y[field_indices],
-              form_name = x[2],
-              stringsAsFactors = FALSE,
-              row.names = NULL
-            )
-        },
-        y = names(records)
-      )
-    )
+  if (any(grepl("\\.factor$", names(records)))) {
 
-  fields <- rbind(fields, factor_fields)
+    factor_fields <-
+      do.call(
+        "rbind",
+        apply(
+          fields,
+          1,
+          function(x, y) {
+            field_indices <- grepl(paste0("^", x[1], "\\.factor$"), y)
+            if (any(field_indices))
+              data.frame(
+                field_name = y[field_indices],
+                form_name = x[2],
+                stringsAsFactors = FALSE,
+                row.names = NULL
+              )
+          },
+          y = names(records)
+        )
+      )
+
+    fields <- rbind(fields, factor_fields)
+  }
 
   # Identify the subtables in the data
   subtables <- unique(records$redcap_repeat_instrument)