diff --git a/classes/Notice.php b/classes/Notice.php
index abe127966f..76d6d801e4 100644
--- a/classes/Notice.php
+++ b/classes/Notice.php
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ class Notice extends Memcached_DataObject
 		
 		# On a cache hit, return a DB-object-like wrapper
 		
-		if ($notices) {
+		if ($notices !== FALSE) {
 			common_debug('Notices hit: ' . print_r($notices, TRUE));
 			common_debug('Got this many notices: ' . count($notices));
 			$wrapper = new NoticeWrapper(array_slice($notices, $offset, $limit));