diff --git a/system/Session/Handlers/MemcachedHandler.php b/system/Session/Handlers/MemcachedHandler.php
index 2ab31d3a183d..d5c9c110c246 100644
--- a/system/Session/Handlers/MemcachedHandler.php
+++ b/system/Session/Handlers/MemcachedHandler.php
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ public function read($sessionID)
 			return $session_data;
 		}
 
-		return false;
+		return '';
 	}
 
 	//--------------------------------------------------------------------