diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/includes/html_helpers.inc b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/includes/html_helpers.inc
index f292178697..7a964de596 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/includes/html_helpers.inc
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/includes/html_helpers.inc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 [% END %]
 
 [% BLOCK koha_news_block %]
-    [% IF ( news.content.count > 0 ) %]
+    [% IF ( news.content && news.content.count > 0 ) %]
         <div id="[% news.location | html %]">
             [% FOREACH n IN news.content %]
                 <div class="[% n.lang | html %]_item">