diff --git a/admin/include/updates.class.php b/admin/include/updates.class.php
index 3c78070ee..726f27b1c 100644
--- a/admin/include/updates.class.php
+++ b/admin/include/updates.class.php
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class updates
         )
       );
 
-    if (empty($new_versions))
+    if (empty($new_versions_string))
     {
       return;
     }