diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index edba55c58b..740c5e259a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 + issue #11456 Disabled storage engines
 
 4.5.1.0 (not yet released)
+- issue        Invalid argument supplied for foreach()
 
 4.5.0.0 (not yet released)
 + rfe          Pagination for GIS visualization
diff --git a/libraries/ip_allow_deny.lib.php b/libraries/ip_allow_deny.lib.php
index ecd55a7514..81fabc9f7f 100644
--- a/libraries/ip_allow_deny.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/ip_allow_deny.lib.php
@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ function PMA_allowDeny($type)
 
     // copy rule database
     $rules     = $cfg['Server']['AllowDeny']['rules'];
+    if (! is_array($rules)) {
+        $rules = array();
+    }
 
     // lookup table for some name shortcuts
     $shortcuts = array(