diff --git a/phpBB/includes/usercp_register.php b/phpBB/includes/usercp_register.php
index 5f3aea6f6b..88bdf2aad1 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/usercp_register.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/usercp_register.php
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ if ( isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['submit']) )
 				message_die(GENERAL_ERROR, 'Could not obtain next user_id information', '', __LINE__, __FILE__, $sql);
 			}
 
-			if ( !($row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result) )
+			if ( !($row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result)) )
 			{
 				message_die(GENERAL_ERROR, 'Could not obtain next user_id information', '', __LINE__, __FILE__, $sql);
 			}