diff --git a/themes/default/template/menubar_related_categories.tpl b/themes/default/template/menubar_related_categories.tpl
index 1d1e0837e..3ad4d2aae 100644
--- a/themes/default/template/menubar_related_categories.tpl
+++ b/themes/default/template/menubar_related_categories.tpl
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@
     {'</ul></li>'|@str_repeat:($ref_level-$cat.LEVEL)}
   {/if}
     <li>
-  {if isset($cat.url)}
+  {if isset($cat.url) and isset($cat.TITLE)}
       <a href="{$cat.url}" title="{$cat.TITLE}">{$cat.name}</a>
   {else}
       {$cat.name}
   {/if}
-  {if $cat.count_images > 0}
+  {if isset($cat.count_images) and $cat.count_images > 0}
       <span class="badge" title="{$cat.count_images|translate_dec:'%d photo':'%d photos'}">{$cat.count_images}</span>
   {/if}
-  {if $cat.count_categories > 0}
+  {if isset($cat.count_categories) and $cat.count_categories > 0}
       <span class="badge badgeCategories" title="{'sub-albums'|translate}">{$cat.count_categories}</span>
   {/if}
   {assign var='ref_level' value=$cat.LEVEL}