diff --git a/phpBB/common.php b/phpBB/common.php
index f5a5655c28..083c31bb0e 100644
--- a/phpBB/common.php
+++ b/phpBB/common.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ set_magic_quotes_runtime(0); // Disable magic_quotes_runtime
 // Thanks to Matt Kavanagh and Stefan Esser for providing feedback as well as patch files
 
 // PHP5 with register_long_arrays off?
-if (@phpversion() >= '5.0.0' && (!ini_get('register_long_arrays') || @ini_get('register_long_arrays') == '0' || strtolower(@ini_get('register_long_arrays')) == 'off'))
+if (@phpversion() >= '5.0.0' && (!@ini_get('register_long_arrays') || @ini_get('register_long_arrays') == '0' || strtolower(@ini_get('register_long_arrays')) == 'off'))
 {
 	$HTTP_POST_VARS = $_POST;
 	$HTTP_GET_VARS = $_GET;