diff --git a/include/Core/Config.php b/include/Core/Config.php
index 5235728864..7b7045a9ee 100644
--- a/include/Core/Config.php
+++ b/include/Core/Config.php
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class Config {
 			dbesc($family),
 			dbesc($key)
 		);
-		if (dbm::is_result($ret)) {
+		if (count($ret)) {
 			// manage array value
 			$val = (preg_match("|^a:[0-9]+:{.*}$|s", $ret[0]['v'])?unserialize( $ret[0]['v']):$ret[0]['v']);
 			$a->config[$family][$key] = $val;
diff --git a/include/Core/PConfig.php b/include/Core/PConfig.php
index 49b69a1f7a..43735018e4 100644
--- a/include/Core/PConfig.php
+++ b/include/Core/PConfig.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class PConfig {
 			dbesc($key)
 		);
 
-		if (dbm::is_result($ret)) {
+		if (count($ret)) {
 			$val = (preg_match("|^a:[0-9]+:{.*}$|s", $ret[0]['v'])?unserialize( $ret[0]['v']):$ret[0]['v']);
 			$a->config[$uid][$family][$key] = $val;