diff --git a/includes/view.inc b/includes/view.inc
index 58694bf..4e49684 100644
--- a/includes/view.inc
+++ b/includes/view.inc
@@ -1859,6 +1859,7 @@ class view extends views_db_object {
     $this->localization_plugin = views_get_plugin('localization', views_get_localization_plugin());
 
     if (empty($this->localization_plugin)) {
+      $this->localization_plugin = views_get_plugin('localization', 'none');
       return FALSE;
     }