diff --git a/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html b/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
index 28d986240b..8537e00b7f 100644
--- a/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
+++ b/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ p,ul,td {font-size:10pt;}
 <li>Fixed javascript error when selecting smiley containing a single quote</li>
 <li>Update users watched topic if a post they made is split into a new topic</li>
 <li>Fixed situations where email templates contain incorrect or missing subject lines</li>
+<li>Fixed error when searching for posts and no forums exist</li>
 </ul>
 
 <a name="202"></a><h3 class="h3">1.ii. Changes since 2.0.2</h3>
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/auth.php b/phpBB/includes/auth.php
index 2140615aae..0f51a73b0a 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/auth.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/auth.php
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ function auth($type, $forum_id, $userdata, $f_access = '')
 
 		if ( !($f_access = $db->$sql_fetchrow($result)) )
 		{
-			message_die(GENERAL_ERROR, 'No forum access control lists exist', '', __LINE__, __FILE__, $sql);
+			$db->sql_freeresult($result);
+			return array();
 		}
 
 		$db->sql_freeresult($result);