diff --git a/lib/peoplesearchresults.php b/lib/peoplesearchresults.php
index d3f8408525..9cd162baa0 100644
--- a/lib/peoplesearchresults.php
+++ b/lib/peoplesearchresults.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class PeopleSearchResults extends ProfileList
 
     function __construct($profile, $terms, $action)
     {
-        parent::__construct($profile, $terms, $action);
+        parent::__construct($profile, null, $action);
         $this->terms = array_map('preg_quote',
                                  array_map('htmlspecialchars', $terms));
         $this->pattern = '/('.implode('|',$terms).')/i';
diff --git a/lib/profilelist.php b/lib/profilelist.php
index a4cc235552..c22da00cb2 100644
--- a/lib/profilelist.php
+++ b/lib/profilelist.php
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class ProfileList extends Widget
             }
             $this->out->elementEnd('li');
             $this->out->elementStart('li', 'entity_block');
-            if ($user->id == $this->owner->id) {
+            if ($this->owner && $user->id == $this->owner->id) {
                 $this->showBlockForm();
             }
             $this->out->elementEnd('li');