diff --git a/typo3/sysext/lang/lang.php b/typo3/sysext/lang/lang.php
index 36f196eb3f477382cc27c99a20c332022aece351..214f1e6080674027d3f06d7beb3d8b72d2eb0fd6 100755
--- a/typo3/sysext/lang/lang.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/lang/lang.php
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class language {
 	 */
 	public function getLL($index, $hsc = FALSE) {
 			// Get Local Language
-		if ($GLOBALS['LOCAL_LANG'][$this->lang][$index][0]['target'] !== '') {
+		if (isset($GLOBALS['LOCAL_LANG'][$this->lang][$index][0]['target'])) {
 			$output = $GLOBALS['LOCAL_LANG'][$this->lang][$index][0]['target'];
 		} else {
 			$output = $GLOBALS['LOCAL_LANG']['default'][$index][0]['target'];