diff --git a/check_backuppc b/check_backuppc
index 146caf5..da7cc17 100755
--- a/check_backuppc
+++ b/check_backuppc
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ if ( $statusCode eq 'OK' ) {
 			next if (@hostsExcluded and grep {/^$host$/} @hostsExcluded);
 			next if ( $Status{$host}{BackupsDisable} );
 			next if ($Status{$host}{'type'} eq 'archive');
-			if ( $Status{$host}{statusCode} ne 'OK' ) {
+			if ( $Status{$host}{statusCode} && $Status{$host}{statusCode} ne 'OK' ) {
 				$statusMsg .= ", " unless ( $first_host );
 				$statusMsg .= "$host: ".$Status{$host}{statusCode}." - ".$Status{$host}{statusMsg};
 				$first_host = 0 if ( $first_host );