diff --git a/indra/newview/rlvcommon.cpp b/indra/newview/rlvcommon.cpp
index 582f97d59c..2dad3a4d00 100644
--- a/indra/newview/rlvcommon.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/rlvcommon.cpp
@@ -344,6 +344,12 @@ void RlvStrings::saveToFile(const std::string& strFilePath)
 // Checked: 2009-11-11 (RLVa-1.1.0a) | Modified: RLVa-1.1.0a
 const std::string& RlvStrings::getAnonym(const std::string& strName)
 {
+	static const std::string strUnknown = LLTrans::getString("Unknown");
+	if ( (!RlvActions::isRlvEnabled()) || (m_Anonyms.empty()) )
+	{
+		return strUnknown;
+	}
+
 	const char* pszName = strName.c_str(); U32 nHash = 0;
 	
 	// Test with 11,264 SL names showed a 3.33% - 3.82% occurance for each so we *should* get a very even spread