diff --git a/include/functions.php b/include/functions.php
index 5870649ce..02cefd4d8 100644
--- a/include/functions.php
+++ b/include/functions.php
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
 		global $fetch_last_error;
 		global $fetch_last_error_code;
 
-		if (!defined('NO_CURL') && !function_exists('curl_init') && !ini_get("open_basedir")) {
+		if (!defined('NO_CURL') && function_exists('curl_init') && !ini_get("open_basedir")) {
 
 			if (ini_get("safe_mode")) {
 				$ch = curl_init(geturl($url));