diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/db/driver/mssqlnative.php b/phpBB/phpbb/db/driver/mssqlnative.php
index d3416f6ed8..30ef9d9bc4 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/db/driver/mssqlnative.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/db/driver/mssqlnative.php
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ class mssqlnative extends \phpbb\db\driver\mssql_base
 				unset($row['line2'], $row['line3']);
 			}
 		}
-		return (count($row)) ? $row : false;
+		return ($row !== null) ? $row : false;
 	}
 
 	/**