diff --git a/wp-admin/menu.php b/wp-admin/menu.php
index 1d09dd85c7..65bdf8e6c9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/menu.php
+++ b/wp-admin/menu.php
@@ -246,11 +246,13 @@ do_action('admin_menu', '');
 // Remove menus that have no accessible submenus and require privs that the user does not have.
 // Run re-parent loop again.
 foreach ( $menu as $id => $data ) {
+	if ( ! current_user_can($data[1]) )
+		$_wp_menu_nopriv[$data[2]] = true;
+
 	// If submenu is empty...
 	if ( empty($submenu[$data[2]]) ) {
 		// And user doesn't have privs, remove menu.
-		if ( ! current_user_can($data[1]) ) {
-			$_wp_menu_nopriv[$data[2]] = true;
+		if ( isset( $_wp_menu_nopriv[$data[2]] ) ) {
 			unset($menu[$id]);
 		}
 	}