diff --git a/admin/index.php b/admin/index.php
index d057df515c8..338a2758374 100644
--- a/admin/index.php
+++ b/admin/index.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 /// Check that sessions are supported
 
-    if (!is_readable(ini_get('session.save_path'))) {
+    if (!is_readable(ini_get('session.save_path')) and !ini_get('safe_mode')) {
         $sessionpath = ini_get('session.save_path');
         notify("Warning: It appears your server does not support sessions (session.save_path = '$sessionpath')");
     }