diff --git a/include/functions_html.inc.php b/include/functions_html.inc.php
index b217f01d9..3afed2322 100644
--- a/include/functions_html.inc.php
+++ b/include/functions_html.inc.php
@@ -529,6 +529,10 @@ function get_html_tag_selection(
 {
   global $conf;
 
+  if (count ($tags) == 0 )
+  {
+    return '';
+  }
   $output = '<ul class="tagSelection">';
   foreach ($tags as $tag)
   {