diff --git a/e107_handlers/validator_class.php b/e107_handlers/validator_class.php
index 59a29b171..87884d47a 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/validator_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/validator_class.php
@@ -1387,17 +1387,24 @@ class validatorClass
 								}
 								$field = varset($options['dbFieldName'], $f);
 								// XXX: Different implementations due to missing API for preventing SQL injections
-								$count = 0;
 								if ($u_sql instanceof e_db_mysql)
 								{
 									$v = $u_sql->escape($v);
-									$count = $u_sql->count($targetTable, "(*)", "WHERE `{$f}`='$v' AND `user_id` != " . $userID);
+									$count = (int) $u_sql->count($targetTable, "(*)", "WHERE `{$f}`='$v' AND `user_id` != " . $userID);
 								}
 								else
 								{
-									$u_sql->select($targetTable, "COUNT(*)", "`{$f}`=:value", ['value' => $v]);
+									$u_sql->select(
+										$targetTable,
+										"COUNT(*)",
+										"`{$f}`=:value AND `user_id` != :userID",
+										[
+											'value' => $v,
+											'userID' => $userID,
+										]
+									);
 									$row = $u_sql->fetch('num');
-									$count = $row[0];
+									$count = (int) $row[0];
 								}
 								if ($count)
 								{