From 828d5a4b4d11672dc80c2a13b969fcf5cf0be8e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 15:18:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #4857

---
 src/user.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index 19f9974cba..e4f2eb5f55 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ var utils = require('../public/src/utils');
 				} else {
 					// If they are banned, see if the ban has expired
 					db.sortedSetScore('users:banned:expire', uid, function(err, score) {
-						var stillBanned = Date.now() < score;
+						var stillBanned = !score || Date.now() < score;
 
 						if (!stillBanned) {
 							async.parallel([