diff --git a/actions/tagrss.php b/actions/tagrss.php
index 8a14615695..737ac113de 100644
--- a/actions/tagrss.php
+++ b/actions/tagrss.php
@@ -33,24 +33,14 @@ class TagrssAction extends Rss10Action {
 			return false;
         }
 
-		$this->tag = Notice_tag::staticGet('tag', $tag);
-
-		if (!$this->tag) {
-			common_user_error(_('No such tag.'));
-			return false;
-		} else {
-			return true;
-		}
+		$this->tag = $tag;
+        return true;
 	}
 
 	function get_notices($limit=0) {
 		$tag = $this->tag;
 
-		if (is_null($tag)) {
-			return NULL;
-		}
-
-		$notice = Notice_tag::getStream($tag->tag, 0, ($limit == 0) ? NOTICES_PER_PAGE : $limit);
+		$notice = Notice_tag::getStream($tag, 0, ($limit == 0) ? NOTICES_PER_PAGE : $limit);
 
 		while ($notice->fetch()) {
 			$notices[] = clone($notice);
@@ -60,12 +50,12 @@ class TagrssAction extends Rss10Action {
 	}
 
 	function get_channel() {
-		$tag = $this->tag->tag;
+		$tag = $this->tag;
 
-		$c = array('url' => common_local_url('tagrss', array('tag' => $tagname)),
-			   'title' => $tagname,
-			   'link' => common_local_url('tagrss', array('tag' => $tagname)),
-			   'description' => sprintf(_('Microblog tagged with %s'), $tagname));
+		$c = array('url' => common_local_url('tagrss', array('tag' => $tag)),
+			   'title' => $tag,
+			   'link' => common_local_url('tagrss', array('tag' => $tag)),
+			   'description' => sprintf(_('Microblog tagged with %s'), $tag));
 		return $c;
 	}
 }