diff --git a/tag/index.php b/tag/index.php
index 1c5719d4bda..e4aed35909f 100644
--- a/tag/index.php
+++ b/tag/index.php
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ echo '<tr valign="top">';
 
 $blocks_preferred_width = bounded_number(180, blocks_preferred_width($pageblocks[BLOCK_POS_LEFT]), 210);
 
-echo '<td style="vertical-align: top; width: '.$blocks_preferred_width.'px;" id="left-column">';
 if (blocks_have_content($pageblocks, BLOCK_POS_LEFT) || $PAGE->user_is_editing()) {
+    echo '<td style="vertical-align: top; width: '.$blocks_preferred_width.'px;" id="left-column">';
     blocks_print_group($PAGE, $pageblocks, BLOCK_POS_LEFT);
+    echo '</td>';
 }
-echo '</td>';
 
 
 
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ echo '</td>';
 
 echo '<td valign="top" id="middle-column">';
 
-
 $tagname  = tag_display_name($tag);
 
 $systemcontext   = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_SYSTEM);
@@ -92,11 +91,11 @@ echo '</td>';
 
 $blocks_preferred_width = bounded_number(180, blocks_preferred_width($pageblocks[BLOCK_POS_RIGHT]), 210);
 
-echo '<td style="vertical-align: top; width: '.$blocks_preferred_width.'px;" id="right-column">';
 if (blocks_have_content($pageblocks, BLOCK_POS_RIGHT) || $PAGE->user_is_editing()) {
+    echo '<td style="vertical-align: top; width: '.$blocks_preferred_width.'px;" id="right-column">';
     blocks_print_group($PAGE, $pageblocks, BLOCK_POS_RIGHT);
+    echo '</td>';
 }
-echo '</td>';
 
 /// Finish the page
 echo '</tr></table>';