diff --git a/weight.module b/weight.module
index f125c51ba7f6b8247f0ba49fa55ae7b871f9400c..b49b793a8897fe99a94cae28073d965ef7061635 100644
--- a/weight.module
+++ b/weight.module
@@ -553,6 +553,9 @@ function _weight_get_weight($node) {
   }
   elseif (module_exists('translation') && $node->nid != $node->tnid) {
     $settings = _weight_get_settings($node->type);
+    if (empty($settings)) {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
     if ($settings['sync_translations'] && $node->tnid != 0) {
       $nid = $node->tnid;
     }