htmlarea breaks image

Htmlarea causes the following mysl error when users try to create new images with the image module:

Fatal error: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'FROM locales WHERE string = '%error: %message in %file on line query: SELECT lid, FROM locales WHERE string = '%error: %message in %file on line %line.' in /home/woorg/public_html/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 125

if htmlarea is disalbed this works fine. Yet, it also works for admin regardless, which is strange.