diff --git a/public/includes/menu.inc b/public/includes/menu.inc
index 4788855..2465b38 100644
--- a/public/includes/menu.inc
+++ b/public/includes/menu.inc
@@ -1001,12 +1001,13 @@ function menu_tree_collect_node_links(&$tree, &$node_links) {
  *   menu_tree_collect_node_links().
  */
 function menu_tree_check_access(&$tree, $node_links = array()) {
-
-  if ($node_links && (user_access('access content') || user_access('bypass node access'))) {
+  $bypass_node_access = user_access('bypass node access');
+  if ($node_links && (user_access('access content') || $bypass_node_access)) {
     // Use db_rewrite_sql to evaluate view access without loading each full node.
     $nids = array_keys($node_links);
     $placeholders = '%d'. str_repeat(', %d', count($nids) - 1);
-    $result = db_query(db_rewrite_sql("SELECT n.nid FROM {node} n WHERE n.status = 1 AND n.nid IN (". $placeholders .")"), $nids);
+    $status = (!$bypass_node_access) ? ' n.status = 1 AND' : '';
+    $result = db_query(db_rewrite_sql("SELECT n.nid FROM {node} n WHERE" . $status . " n.nid IN (" . $placeholders . ")"), $nids);
     while ($node = db_fetch_array($result)) {
       $nid = $node['nid'];
       foreach ($node_links[$nid] as $mlid => $link) {