diff --git a/error.php b/error.php
index e0abb4457..750ac60e3 100644
--- a/error.php
+++ b/error.php
@@ -73,10 +73,14 @@ header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=' . $charset);
 <body>
 <h1>phpMyAdmin - <?php echo $type; ?></h1>
 <p><?php
-if (function_exists('get_magic_quotes_gpc') && get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
-    echo PMA_sanitize(stripslashes($_REQUEST['error']));
+if (!empty($_REQUEST['error'])) {
+    if (function_exists('get_magic_quotes_gpc') && get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
+        echo PMA_sanitize(stripslashes($_REQUEST['error']));
+    } else {
+        echo PMA_sanitize($_REQUEST['error']);
+    }
 } else {
-    echo PMA_sanitize($_REQUEST['error']);
+    echo 'No error message!';
 }
 ?></p>
 </body>
