diff --git a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_groups.php b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_groups.php
index a55087adce..19006df306 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_groups.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_groups.php
@@ -559,16 +559,16 @@ class acp_groups
 				* Merge any avatar errors into the primary error array
 				* Drivers use language constants, so we need to map to the actual strings
 				*/
-				foreach ($avatar_error as $e)
+				foreach ($avatar_error as $lang)
 				{
-					if (is_array($e))
+					if (is_array($lang))
 					{
-						$key = array_shift($e);
-						$error[] = vsprintf($user->lang($key), $e);
+						$key = array_shift($lang);
+						$error[] = vsprintf($user->lang($key), $lang);
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						$error[] = $user->lang("$e");
+						$error[] = $user->lang("$lang");
 					}
 				}
 
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_users.php b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_users.php
index 823f001fe0..e0dcea6d58 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_users.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_users.php
@@ -1836,21 +1836,19 @@ class acp_users
 				}
 
 				// Replace "error" strings with their real, localised form
-				$err = $error;
-				$error = array();
-				foreach ($err as $e)
+				foreach ($error as $key => $lang)
 				{
-					if (is_array($e))
+					if (is_array($lang))
 					{
-						$key = array_shift($e);
-						$error[] = vsprintf($user->lang($key), $e);
+						$lang_key = array_shift($lang);
+						$error[$key] = vsprintf($user->lang($lang_key), $lang);
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						$error[] = $user->lang((string) $e);
+						$error[$key] = $user->lang("$lang");
 					}
 				}
-				
+
 				$avatar = get_user_avatar($user_row, 'USER_AVATAR', true);
 
 				$template->assign_vars(array(
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_groups.php b/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_groups.php
index dd03f332ff..3860d22917 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_groups.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_groups.php
@@ -679,16 +679,16 @@ class ucp_groups
 
 						// Merge any avatars errors into the primary error array
 						// Drivers use lang constants, so we need to map to the actual strings
-						foreach ($avatar_error as $e)
+						foreach ($avatar_error as $lang)
 						{
-							if (is_array($e))
+							if (is_array($lang))
 							{
-								$key = array_shift($e);
-								$error[] = vsprintf($user->lang($key), $e);
+								$key = array_shift($lang);
+								$error[] = vsprintf($user->lang($key), $lang);
 							}
 							else
 							{
-								$error[] = $user->lang((string) $e);
+								$error[] = $user->lang("$lang");
 							}
 						}
 
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_profile.php b/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_profile.php
index 88820beac1..c05105eaff 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_profile.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_profile.php
@@ -656,18 +656,16 @@ class ucp_profile
 				}
 
 				// Replace "error" strings with their real, localised form
-				$err = $error;
-				$error = array();
-				foreach ($err as $e)
+				foreach ($error as $key => $lang)
 				{
-					if (is_array($e))
+					if (is_array($lang))
 					{
-						$key = array_shift($e);
-						$error[] = vsprintf($user->lang($key), $e);
+						$key = array_shift($lang);
+						$error[$key] = vsprintf($user->lang($key), $lang);
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						$error[] = $user->lang((string) $e);
+						$error[$key] = $user->lang("$lang");
 					}
 				}