diff --git a/functions.inc.php b/functions.inc.php
index a8fbb1f0..12fde6cb 100644
--- a/functions.inc.php
+++ b/functions.inc.php
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ function select($result) {
 				if (!isset($val)) {
 					$val = "<i>NULL</i>";
 				} else {
-					$val = ($blobs[$key] && preg_match('~[\\x80-\\xFF]~', $val) ? "<i>" . lang('%d byte(s)', strlen($val)) . "</i>" : (trim($val) ? nl2br(htmlspecialchars($val)) : "&nbsp;"));
+					$val = ($blobs[$key] && preg_match('~[\\x80-\\xFF]~', $val) ? "<i>" . lang('%d byte(s)', strlen($val)) . "</i>" : (strlen(trim($val)) ? nl2br(htmlspecialchars($val)) : "&nbsp;"));
 					if (isset($links[$key]) && !$columns[$links[$key]]) {
 						$link = "edit=" . urlencode($links[$key]);
 						foreach ($indexes[$links[$key]] as $col => $j) {