diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Connectors/MySqlConnector.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Connectors/MySqlConnector.php
index 8741fccb44d9..3b12b300ef75 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Connectors/MySqlConnector.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Connectors/MySqlConnector.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ protected function configureEncoding($connection, array $config)
      */
     protected function getCollation(array $config)
     {
-        return ! is_null($config['collation']) ? " collate '{$config['collation']}'" : '';
+        return isset($config['collation']) ? " collate '{$config['collation']}'" : '';
     }
 
     /**