diff --git a/modules/locale.module b/modules/locale.module
index 7d93ebf23729a19298a2fd7f6ddae36b75d4903e..365205ba9d21c8ce7fe0efccae5d4c4577c72b37 100644
--- a/modules/locale.module
+++ b/modules/locale.module
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ function locale($string) {
       // We have no such translation
       if ($obj = db_fetch_object($result)) {
         if ($locale) {
-          db_query("INSERT INTO {locales_target} (lid, locale) VALUES (%d, '%s')", $obj->lid, $locale);
+          db_query("INSERT INTO {locales_target} (lid, locale, translation) VALUES (%d, '%s', '')", $obj->lid, $locale);
         }
       }
       // We have no such source string
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ function locale($string) {
         db_query("INSERT INTO {locales_source} (location, source) VALUES ('%s', '%s')", request_uri(), $string);
         if ($locale) {
           $lid = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT lid FROM {locales_source} WHERE source = '%s'", $string));
-          db_query("INSERT INTO {locales_target} (lid, locale) VALUES (%d, '%s')", $lid->lid, $locale);
+          db_query("INSERT INTO {locales_target} (lid, locale, translation) VALUES (%d, '%s', '')", $lid->lid, $locale);
         }
       }
       // Clear locale cache in DB
diff --git a/modules/locale/locale.module b/modules/locale/locale.module
index 7d93ebf23729a19298a2fd7f6ddae36b75d4903e..365205ba9d21c8ce7fe0efccae5d4c4577c72b37 100644
--- a/modules/locale/locale.module
+++ b/modules/locale/locale.module
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ function locale($string) {
       // We have no such translation
       if ($obj = db_fetch_object($result)) {
         if ($locale) {
-          db_query("INSERT INTO {locales_target} (lid, locale) VALUES (%d, '%s')", $obj->lid, $locale);
+          db_query("INSERT INTO {locales_target} (lid, locale, translation) VALUES (%d, '%s', '')", $obj->lid, $locale);
         }
       }
       // We have no such source string
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ function locale($string) {
         db_query("INSERT INTO {locales_source} (location, source) VALUES ('%s', '%s')", request_uri(), $string);
         if ($locale) {
           $lid = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT lid FROM {locales_source} WHERE source = '%s'", $string));
-          db_query("INSERT INTO {locales_target} (lid, locale) VALUES (%d, '%s')", $lid->lid, $locale);
+          db_query("INSERT INTO {locales_target} (lid, locale, translation) VALUES (%d, '%s', '')", $lid->lid, $locale);
         }
       }
       // Clear locale cache in DB