diff --git a/blog.module b/blog.module
index 731bd2f..7b80dff 100644
--- a/blog.module
+++ b/blog.module
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ function blog_node_info() {
  */
 function blog_user_view($account) {
   if (user_access('create blog content', $account)) {
+    if(_blog_post_exists($account)){
     $account->content['summary']['blog'] =  array(
       '#type' => 'user_profile_item',
       '#title' => t('Blog'),
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ function blog_user_view($account) {
       '#markup' => l(t('View recent blog entries'), "blog/$account->uid", array('attributes' => array('title' => t("Read !username's latest blog entries.", array('!username' => format_username($account)))))),
       '#attributes' => array('class' => array('blog')),
     );
+   }	
   }
 }