diff --git a/opac/opac-search.pl b/opac/opac-search.pl
index 409e47d493..25af683ac9 100755
--- a/opac/opac-search.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-search.pl
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ if ($tag) {
 }
 
 # use Data::Dumper; print STDERR "-" x 25, "\n", Dumper($results_hashref);
-if ($@ || $error) {
+if (not $tag and ( $@ || $error)) {
     $template->param(query_error => $error.$@);
     output_html_with_http_headers $cgi, $cookie, $template->output;
     exit;