diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 8d69ada042..c029b98119 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -6463,7 +6463,7 @@ sub git_summary {
 	print "<div class=\"title\">&nbsp;</div>\n";
 	print "<table class=\"projects_list\">\n" .
 	      "<tr id=\"metadata_desc\"><td>description</td><td>" . esc_html($descr) . "</td></tr>\n";
-        unless ($omit_owner) {
+        if ($owner and not $omit_owner) {
 	        print  "<tr id=\"metadata_owner\"><td>owner</td><td>" . esc_html($owner) . "</td></tr>\n";
         }
 	if (defined $cd{'rfc2822'}) {