diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Controller/ContentElement/ElementInformationController.php b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Controller/ContentElement/ElementInformationController.php
index e77e0a5b6eba175ce78c6b77a234a1763a4ae73c..0bd958f0478a8fcbd013cc0edb98df19a9d810bc 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Controller/ContentElement/ElementInformationController.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Controller/ContentElement/ElementInformationController.php
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class ElementInformationController
             } else {
                 $this->row = BackendUtility::getRecordWSOL($this->table, $this->uid);
                 if ($this->row) {
-                    if (!empty($this->row['t3ver_oid'])) {
+                    if (isset($this->row['_ORIG_uid'])) {
                         // Make $this->uid the uid of the versioned record, while $this->row['uid'] is live record uid
                         $this->uid = (int)$this->row['_ORIG_uid'];
                     }