diff --git a/src/server/game/Server/Protocol/Handlers/CharacterHandler.cpp b/src/server/game/Server/Protocol/Handlers/CharacterHandler.cpp
index 7be5f7fafb..19ec43652b 100755
--- a/src/server/game/Server/Protocol/Handlers/CharacterHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/server/game/Server/Protocol/Handlers/CharacterHandler.cpp
@@ -366,10 +366,10 @@ void WorldSession::HandleCharCreateOpcode(WorldPacket & recv_data)
         return;
     }
 
-    QueryResult resultacct = LoginDatabase.PQuery("SELECT SUM(numchars) FROM realmcharacters WHERE acctid = '%d'", GetAccountId());
+    QueryResult resultacct = LoginDatabase.PQuery("SELECT IFNULL(SUM(numchars), 0) FROM realmcharacters WHERE acctid = '%d'", GetAccountId());
     if (resultacct)
     {
-        Field *fields=resultacct->Fetch();
+        Field *fields = resultacct->Fetch();
         uint32 acctcharcount = fields[0].GetUInt32();
 
         if (acctcharcount >= sWorld.getIntConfig(CONFIG_CHARACTERS_PER_ACCOUNT))