Index: nodewords.module
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--- nodewords.module  (revision 705)
+++ nodewords.module  (working copy)
@@ -865,6 +865,9 @@
     // Load the values from the database
     elseif (count($ids) == 1 && ($type != NODEWORDS_TYPE_NODE || node_access('view', node_load($ids[0])))) {
       $tags = nodewords_load_tags($type, $ids[0]);
+      if (empty($tags)) {
+        $tags = nodewords_load_tags($type, $ids);
+      }
     }
     else {
       $tags = array();