diff --git a/includes/theme.inc b/includes/theme.inc
index 4c454ba..945f73e 100644
--- a/includes/theme.inc
+++ b/includes/theme.inc
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ function _theme_build_registry($theme, $base_theme, $theme_engine) {
  *     their base theme), direct sub-themes of sub-themes, etc. The keys are
  *     the themes' machine names, and the values are the themes' human-readable
  *     names. This element is not set if there are no themes on the system that
- *     declare this theme as their base theme. 
+ *     declare this theme as their base theme.
 */
 function list_themes($refresh = FALSE) {
   $list = &drupal_static(__FUNCTION__, array());
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ function theme_status_messages($variables) {
       $output .= " </ul>\n";
     }
     else {
-      $output .= $messages[0];
+      $output .= reset($messages);
     }
     $output .= "</div>\n";
   }