diff --git a/lib/backgroundjob/worker.php b/lib/backgroundjob/worker.php
index 23757529ad8dcc6be1a296de8fb8d5e7df2ae3d1..7514a16b6964d0dc58a5bf5a9332dcb57bc0ea73 100644
--- a/lib/backgroundjob/worker.php
+++ b/lib/backgroundjob/worker.php
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class OC_BackgroundJob_Worker{
 		}
 		else{
 			$tasks = OC_BackgroundJob_ScheduledTask::all();
-			if( length( $tasks )){
+			if( count( $tasks )){
 				$task = $tasks[0];
 				// delete job before we execute it. This prevents endless loops
 				// of failing jobs.