diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/profilefields/manager.php b/phpBB/phpbb/profilefields/manager.php
index 35b18ddf07..73b8cdd38e 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/profilefields/manager.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/profilefields/manager.php
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ class manager
 
 			foreach ($user_ids as $user_id)
 			{
-				if (!isset($user_fields[$user_id][$used_ident]) && $this->profile_cache[$used_ident]['field_show_novalue'])
+				if (!isset($user_fields[$user_id][$used_ident]))
 				{
 					$user_fields[$user_id][$used_ident]['value'] = '';
 					$user_fields[$user_id][$used_ident]['data'] = $this->profile_cache[$used_ident];