diff --git a/modules/Vtiger/helpers/Util.php b/modules/Vtiger/helpers/Util.php
index e55da2bc90bcdf08668f1c0357c6daa050f18967..a6174dfa577d75d195a593d0e9565103eb0ecd7d 100644
--- a/modules/Vtiger/helpers/Util.php
+++ b/modules/Vtiger/helpers/Util.php
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class Vtiger_Util_Helper {
 		global $adb;
 		$query = 'Select deleted from vtiger_crmentity where crmid=?';
 		$result = $adb->pquery($query, array($recordId));
-		return $adb->query_result($result, 0, 'deleted');
+		return ($adb->num_rows($result) <= 0) ? 1 : (int) $adb->query_result($result, 0, 'deleted');
 	}
 
 	/**