diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/dbal.php b/phpBB/includes/db/dbal.php
index 77d45ebd43..a1266b637e 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/dbal.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/dbal.php
@@ -438,8 +438,8 @@ class dbal
 				// If by accident the sql array is only one-dimensional we build a normal insert statement
 				if (!is_array($_sql_ary))
 				{
-					$query = $this->sql_build_array('INSERT', $sql_ary);
-					break;
+					$this->sql_query('INSERT INTO ' . $table . ' ' . $this->sql_build_array('INSERT', $sql_ary));
+					return true;
 				}
 
 				$values = array();