diff --git a/templates/frontend/pages/search.tpl b/templates/frontend/pages/search.tpl
index 071a8eafcc1..70042fec935 100644
--- a/templates/frontend/pages/search.tpl
+++ b/templates/frontend/pages/search.tpl
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 	{capture name="searchFormUrl"}{url escape=false}{/capture}
 	{assign var=formUrlParameters value=[]}{* Prevent Smarty warning *}
-	{$smarty.capture.searchFormUrl|parse_url:$smarty.const.PHP_URL_QUERY|parse_str:$formUrlParameters}
+	{$smarty.capture.searchFormUrl|parse_url:$smarty.const.PHP_URL_QUERY|default:""|parse_str:$formUrlParameters}
 	<form class="cmp_form" method="get" action="{$smarty.capture.searchFormUrl|strtok:"?"|escape}">
 		{foreach from=$formUrlParameters key=paramKey item=paramValue}
 			<input type="hidden" name="{$paramKey|escape}" value="{$paramValue|escape}"/>