diff --git a/mod/forum/lib.php b/mod/forum/lib.php
index 1b1aaca1bb2..292385e0273 100644
--- a/mod/forum/lib.php
+++ b/mod/forum/lib.php
@@ -737,9 +737,7 @@ function forum_user_complete($course, $user, $mod, $forum) {
 function forum_print_overview($course,$lastaccess) {
     global $USER, $CFG;
 
-    print_heading(get_string("modulenameplural", "forum"));
     if  (!$forums =  get_all_instances_in_course("forum", $course)) {
-        echo get_string('nothingnew','forum',$course->fullname);
         return;
     }
     // get all forum logs in ONE query (much better!)
@@ -779,9 +777,8 @@ function forum_print_overview($course,$lastaccess) {
         }
     }        
     if (!empty($str)) {
+        print_heading(get_string("modulenameplural", "forum"));
         echo $str;
-    } else {
-        echo get_string('nothingnew','forum',$course->fullname);
     }
 }