diff --git a/core/templates/layout.user.php b/core/templates/layout.user.php
index cd303104e0c6ab8036e04885547d4fb412c2f4bb..71bec11d219b7bfb342a413f76b729f8a8e3095c 100644
--- a/core/templates/layout.user.php
+++ b/core/templates/layout.user.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 				<span id="expand" tabindex="0" role="link">
 					<span id="expandDisplayName"><?php  p(trim($_['user_displayname']) != '' ? $_['user_displayname'] : $_['user_uid']) ?></span>
 					<img class="svg" src="<?php print_unescaped(image_path('', 'actions/caret.svg')); ?>" />
-					<?php if (\OC_Config::getValue('enable_avatars', true) === true): ?>
+					<?php if ($_['enableAvatars']): ?>
 					<div class="avatardiv"></div>
 					<?php endif; ?>
 				</span>
diff --git a/lib/avatar.php b/lib/avatar.php
index c07ef537d502ed6eea6e88e93f06a1594d233a41..f20980c364b0290c1b98f218d2997156732389d2 100644
--- a/lib/avatar.php
+++ b/lib/avatar.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class OC_Avatar {
 	 * @return boolean|\OC_Image containing the avatar or false if there's no image
 	*/
 	public function get ($size = 64) {
-		if ($thus->view->file_exists('avatar.jpg')) {
+		if ($this->view->file_exists('avatar.jpg')) {
 			$ext = 'jpg';
 		} elseif ($this->view->file_exists('avatar.png')) {
 			$ext = 'png';
diff --git a/lib/templatelayout.php b/lib/templatelayout.php
index 0b868a39e490f0cfc7dd42de37b819d07d3314c8..625f3424a0473ce9dbde867bdb276683df6b9fb9 100644
--- a/lib/templatelayout.php
+++ b/lib/templatelayout.php
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class OC_TemplateLayout extends OC_Template {
 			$user_displayname = OC_User::getDisplayName();
 			$this->assign( 'user_displayname', $user_displayname );
 			$this->assign( 'user_uid', OC_User::getUser() );
+			$this->assign('enableAvatars', \OC_Config::getValue('enable_avatars', true));
 		} else if ($renderas == 'guest' || $renderas == 'error') {
 			parent::__construct('core', 'layout.guest');
 		} else {