diff --git a/lib/evalmath/evalmath.class.php b/lib/evalmath/evalmath.class.php
index 84a74488b6d..5af83986bcc 100644
--- a/lib/evalmath/evalmath.class.php
+++ b/lib/evalmath/evalmath.class.php
@@ -422,7 +422,10 @@ class EvalMathStack {
     }
     
     function last($n=1) {
-        return $this->stack[$this->count-$n];
+        if ($this->count - $n >= 0) {
+            return $this->stack[$this->count-$n];
+        }
+        return null;
     }
 }