diff --git a/src/www/firewall_aliases_edit.php b/src/www/firewall_aliases_edit.php
index 998680236..fa9217cad 100755
--- a/src/www/firewall_aliases_edit.php
+++ b/src/www/firewall_aliases_edit.php
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ if (is_array($config['load_balancer']['lbpool']))
 $reserved_ifs = get_configured_interface_list(false, true);
 $reserved_keywords = array_merge($reserved_keywords, $reserved_ifs, $reserved_table_names);
 
+if (!is_array($config['aliases'])){
+        $config['aliases'] = array();
+}
+
 if (!is_array($config['aliases']['alias']))
 	$config['aliases']['alias'] = array();
 $a_aliases = &$config['aliases']['alias'];
diff --git a/src/www/firewall_aliases_import.php b/src/www/firewall_aliases_import.php
index 4ea07a72f..b5f74232f 100755
--- a/src/www/firewall_aliases_import.php
+++ b/src/www/firewall_aliases_import.php
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ if (is_array($config['load_balancer']['lbpool']))
 $reserved_ifs = get_configured_interface_list(false, true);
 $reserved_keywords = array_merge($reserved_keywords, $reserved_ifs, $reserved_table_names);
 
+if (!is_array($config['aliases'])){
+        $config['aliases'] = array();
+}
+        
 if (!is_array($config['aliases']['alias']))
 	$config['aliases']['alias'] = array();
 $a_aliases = &$config['aliases']['alias'];