diff --git a/weight.module b/weight.module
index ddbe195d95069188893a244ecf88645a8fc0f6a4..f125c51ba7f6b8247f0ba49fa55ae7b871f9400c 100644
--- a/weight.module
+++ b/weight.module
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ function _weight_set_weight($node) {
   }
 
   if (module_exists('translation') && $node->nid != $node->tnid) {
-    if ($settings['sync_translations']) {
+    if ($settings['sync_translations'] && $node->tnid != 0) {
       $weight = _weight_get_weight($node->tnid);
     }
   }
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ function _weight_get_weight($node) {
   }
   elseif (module_exists('translation') && $node->nid != $node->tnid) {
     $settings = _weight_get_settings($node->type);
-    if ($settings['sync_translations']) {
+    if ($settings['sync_translations'] && $node->tnid != 0) {
       $nid = $node->tnid;
     }
     else {