diff --git a/themes/openwrt/luasrc/view/themes/openwrt.org/header.htm b/themes/openwrt/luasrc/view/themes/openwrt.org/header.htm
index 3db844570d..8b29ecfa28 100644
--- a/themes/openwrt/luasrc/view/themes/openwrt.org/header.htm
+++ b/themes/openwrt/luasrc/view/themes/openwrt.org/header.htm
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ if tree.nodes[category] and tree.nodes[category].ucidata then
 			</div>
 		</noscript>
 
-		<%- if luci.sys.process.info("uid") == 0 and luci.sys.user.getuser("root") and not luci.sys.user.getpasswd("root") then -%>
+		<%- if luci.sys.process.info("uid") == 0 and luci.sys.user.getuser("root") and not luci.sys.user.getpasswd("root") and not category=="failsafe" then -%>
 		<div class="errorbox">
 			<strong><%:No password set!%></strong><br />
 			<%:There is no password set on this router. Please configure a root password to protect the web interface and enable SSH.%><br />