diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index 5ddb6b3302..0738f8b616 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -224,8 +224,10 @@ var express = require('express'),
 			async.waterfall([
 				function(next) {
 					topics.getTopicWithPosts(tid, ((req.user) ? req.user.uid : 0), function(err, topicData) {
-						if(topicData.deleted === '1' && topicData.expose_tools === 0)
-							return next(new Error('Topic deleted'), null);
+						if(topicData) {
+							if(topicData.deleted === '1' && topicData.expose_tools === 0)
+								return next(new Error('Topic deleted'), null);
+						}
 
 						next(err, topicData);
 					});