diff --git a/app/views/feeds/news.rxml b/app/views/feeds/news.rxml
index 8c7a855b..a85d8671 100644
--- a/app/views/feeds/news.rxml
+++ b/app/views/feeds/news.rxml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ xml.rss "version" => "2.0", "xmlns:dc" => "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" do
   xml.channel do
     xml.title "#{Setting.app_title}: #{l(:label_news_latest)}"
     xml.link url_for(:controller => 'welcome', :only_path => false)
-    xml.pubDate CGI.rfc1123_date(@news.first.created_on)
+    xml.pubDate CGI.rfc1123_date(@news.first ? @news.first.created_on : Time.now)
     xml.description l(:label_news_latest)
     @news.each do |news|
       xml.item do