diff --git a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_ranks.php b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_ranks.php
index 793090076a..59505c34c2 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_ranks.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_ranks.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class acp_ranks
 				
 				$rank_title = request_var('title', '', true);
 				$special_rank = request_var('special_rank', 0);
-				$min_posts = ($special_rank) ? -1 : request_var('min_posts', 0);
+				$min_posts = ($special_rank) ? 0 : request_var('min_posts', 0);
 				$rank_image = request_var('rank_image', '');
 
 				// The rank image has to be a jpg, gif or png