diff --git a/core/setup.php b/core/setup.php
index b61590e9e4b581c31c1a89d497bd85970655f432..40e30db533aaca594be9586975a22eeadebd22b1 100644
--- a/core/setup.php
+++ b/core/setup.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ $hasOracle = is_callable('oci_connect');
 $hasMSSQL = is_callable('sqlsrv_connect');
 $datadir = OC_Config::getValue('datadirectory', OC::$SERVERROOT.'/data');
 $vulnerableToNullByte = false;
-if(file_exists(__FILE__."\0Nullbyte")) { // Check if the used PHP version is vulnerable to the NULL Byte attack (CVE-2006-7243)
+if(@file_exists(__FILE__."\0Nullbyte")) { // Check if the used PHP version is vulnerable to the NULL Byte attack (CVE-2006-7243)
 	$vulnerableToNullByte = true;
 }