diff --git a/plugins/styles/stylizer.inc b/plugins/styles/stylizer.inc
index 90fbde3..32c0989 100644
--- a/plugins/styles/stylizer.inc
+++ b/plugins/styles/stylizer.inc
@@ -89,15 +89,19 @@ function _panels_stylizer_get_style($plugin, $style_settings) {
   if (!empty($plugin['style'])) {
     return $plugin['style']->settings;
   }
-  else if ($style_settings['style'] == '$') {
+
+  if (empty($style_settings)) {
+    return array();
+  }
+
+  if ($style_settings['style'] == '$') {
     return $style_settings['settings'];
   }
-  else {
-    ctools_include('export');
-    $style = ctools_export_crud_load('stylizer', $style_settings['style']);
-    if ($style) {
-      return $style->settings;
-    }
+
+  ctools_include('export');
+  $style = ctools_export_crud_load('stylizer', $style_settings['style']);
+  if ($style) {
+    return $style->settings;
   }
 }