diff --git a/modules/node/views_handler_filter_node_access.inc b/modules/node/views_handler_filter_node_access.inc
index a9ee85c..a29b13f 100644
--- a/modules/node/views_handler_filter_node_access.inc
+++ b/modules/node/views_handler_filter_node_access.inc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class views_handler_filter_node_access extends views_handler_filter {
    * See _node_access_where_sql() for a non-views query based implementation.
    */
   function query() {
-    if (!user_access('administer nodes')) {
+    if (!user_access('administer nodes') && module_implements('node_grants')) {
       $table = $this->ensure_my_table();
       $grants = db_or();
       foreach (node_access_grants('view') as $realm => $gids) {