diff --git a/include/dba/dba_pdo.php b/include/dba/dba_pdo.php
index cb244abad..e235c467b 100755
--- a/include/dba/dba_pdo.php
+++ b/include/dba/dba_pdo.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class dba_pdo extends dba_driver {
 				db_logger('dba_pdo: ' . printable(print_r($r,true)), LOGGER_NORMAL, LOG_INFO);
 			}
 		}
-		return $r;
+		return (($this->error) ? false : $r);
 	}
 
 	function escape($str) {