diff --git a/src/callbacks.py b/src/callbacks.py
index 63a56bf53..242820015 100644
--- a/src/callbacks.py
+++ b/src/callbacks.py
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ def canonicalName(command):
 def reply(msg, s, prefixName=True, private=False,
           notice=False, to=None, action=False):
     # This is so we don't prefix a channel name.
-    if prefixName and not any(ircutils.isChannel, [target, to]):
+    
+    if prefixName and not \
+       sum([ircutils.isChannel(x) for x in (target, to) if x]):
         s = '%s: %s' % (to, s)
     # Ok, let's make the target:
     target = ircutils.replyTo(msg)