diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Controller/Plugin/ResultScroller.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Controller/Plugin/ResultScroller.php
index 6383f83cc9c735a03e523b873a5ede9ba11439ed..6f5fed38eb6b230bb061ebfb3d3838a0e1d5a0af 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Controller/Plugin/ResultScroller.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Controller/Plugin/ResultScroller.php
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ class ResultScroller extends AbstractPlugin
      */
     public function init($searchObject)
     {
-        // Do nothing if disabled:
-        if (!$this->enabled) {
+        // Do nothing if disabled or search is empty:
+        if (!$this->enabled || $searchObject->getResultTotal() === 0) {
             return false;
         }
 
diff --git a/module/VuFind/tests/integration-tests/src/VuFindTest/Mink/NextPrevNavTest.php b/module/VuFind/tests/integration-tests/src/VuFindTest/Mink/NextPrevNavTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a630e2c33e7e8ee5e0c8b3bc3181422f287ef884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/VuFind/tests/integration-tests/src/VuFindTest/Mink/NextPrevNavTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Next/previous navigation test class.
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) Villanova University 2018.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ * @category VuFind
+ * @package  Tests
+ * @author   Conor Sheehan <csheehan@nli.ie>
+ * @license  http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License
+ * @link     https://vufind.org Main Page
+ */
+namespace VuFindTest\Mink;
+
+/**
+ * Next/previous navigation test class.
+ *
+ * @category VuFind
+ * @package  Tests
+ * @author   Conor Sheehan <csheehan@nli.ie>
+ * @license  http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License
+ * @link     https://vufind.org Main Page
+ */
+class NextPrevNavTest extends \VuFindTest\Unit\MinkTestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * if next_prev_navigation and first_last_navigation are set to true
+     * and a search which returns no results is run
+     * when a record page is visited no next prev navigation should be shown
+     * and no exception should be thrown
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testEmptySearchResultsCauseNoProblems()
+    {
+        $this->changeConfigs(["config" => ["Record" => ["next_prev_navigation" => true, "first_last_navigation" => true]]]);
+
+        // when a search returns no results
+        // make sure no errors occur when visiting a collection record after
+        $session = $this->getMinkSession();
+        $page = $session->getPage();
+
+        $session->visit($this->getVuFindUrl() . "/Search/Results?lookfor=__ReturnNoResults__&type=AllField");
+        $this->assertEquals($this->findCss($page, ".search-stats > h2")->getText(), "No Results!");
+
+        // collection should render as normal
+        $session->visit($this->getVuFindUrl() . "/Record/geo20001");
+
+        // should fail if exception is thrown
+        $this->assertContains("Test Publication 20001", $this->findCss($page, "div.media-body > h3[property=name]")->getText());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/VuFindTest/Controller/Plugin/ResultScrollerTest.php b/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/VuFindTest/Controller/Plugin/ResultScrollerTest.php
index 5b509546d30d6dfa5c84ef646993fb43b0a2dbdf..123c589a64ade4499282835fa5940a4a02968452 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/VuFindTest/Controller/Plugin/ResultScrollerTest.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/VuFindTest/Controller/Plugin/ResultScrollerTest.php
@@ -43,6 +43,29 @@ use Zend\Session\Container;
  */
 class ResultScrollerTest extends TestCase
 {
+    /**
+     * Test next_prev_nav bug
+     * Expect next_prev to behave like it's disabled if the last search didn't return any results
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testNextPrevNavBug()
+    {
+        $results = $this->getMockResults(0, 0, 0, true, 'sorted');
+        $plugin = $this->getMockResultScroller($results);
+        $this->assertFalse($plugin->init($results));
+
+        $expected = [
+            'firstRecord' => null, 'lastRecord' => null,
+            'previousRecord' => null, 'nextRecord' => null,
+            'currentPosition' => null, 'resultTotal' => null
+        ];
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $plugin->getScrollData(
+            $results->getMockRecordDriver('sorted20'))
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test disabled behavior
      *