diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 973e59e154..56d1ccc678 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -4846,3 +4846,9 @@ David  11 May 2007
         translation.inc
     sched/
         *.C
+
+David  11 May 2007
+    - web RPC: fix bug in XML variant in show_user.php, bad-ID case.
+
+    html/user/
+        show_user.php
diff --git a/html/user/show_user.php b/html/user/show_user.php
index c586012404..da349546ee 100644
--- a/html/user/show_user.php
+++ b/html/user/show_user.php
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ if ($format=="xml"){
         $show_hosts = true;
     } else {
         $user = lookup_user_id($id);
-        $user = get_other_projects($user);
+        if ($user) {
+            $user = get_other_projects($user);
+        }
         $show_hosts = false;
     }
     if (!$user) xml_error(-136);