diff --git a/api/src/Cache.php b/api/src/Cache.php
index be56de9312..c859e0f6a5 100644
--- a/api/src/Cache.php
+++ b/api/src/Cache.php
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ class Cache
 	 */
 	static public function &getSession($app,$location,$callback=null,array $callback_params=array(),$expiration=0)
 	{
-		if (!isset($_SESSION) || isset($_SESSION[Session::EGW_SESSION_ENCRYPTED]))
+		if (isset($_SESSION[Session::EGW_SESSION_ENCRYPTED]))
 		{
 			if (Session::ERROR_LOG_DEBUG) error_log(__METHOD__.' called after session was encrypted --> ignored!');
 			return null;	// can no longer store something in the session, eg. because commit_session() was called
diff --git a/api/src/Db.php b/api/src/Db.php
index edb6e529e6..74616531b1 100644
--- a/api/src/Db.php
+++ b/api/src/Db.php
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ class Db
 		{
 			foreach(get_included_files() as $file)
 			{
-				if (strpos($file,'adodb') !== false && !in_array($file,(array)$_SESSION['egw_required_files']) && isset($_SESSION))
+				if (strpos($file,'adodb') !== false && !in_array($file,(array)$_SESSION['egw_required_files']))
 				{
 					$_SESSION['egw_required_files'][] = $file;
 					//error_log(__METHOD__."() egw_required_files[] = $file");