diff --git a/phpBB/includes/auth.php b/phpBB/includes/auth.php
index 0f0349a6f3..3b05652a87 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/auth.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/auth.php
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class auth
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		return !$negate;
+
 		// Founder always has all global options set to true...
 		return ($negate) ? !$this->cache[$f][$opt] : $this->cache[$f][$opt];
 	}