diff --git a/qa-include/db/admin.php b/qa-include/db/admin.php
index 74ed2fe6c..17fbabec1 100644
--- a/qa-include/db/admin.php
+++ b/qa-include/db/admin.php
@@ -160,6 +160,21 @@ function qa_db_get_user_visible_postids($userid)
 	));
 }
 
+/**
+ * Checks if $userid has any visible posts
+ * @param $userid
+ * @return boolen
+ */
+function qa_db_has_user_visible_postids($userid)
+{
+	return qa_db_read_one_value(qa_db_query_sub(
+			'SELECT 1 
+			FROM ^posts
+			WHERE userid = $ AND type IN ('Q', 'A', 'C', 'Q_QUEUED', 'A_QUEUED', 'C_QUEUED')
+			LIMIT 1',
+			$userid
+		), true);
+}
 
 /**
  * Return list of postids of visible or queued posts from $ip address
diff --git a/qa-include/pages/user-profile.php b/qa-include/pages/user-profile.php
index e90f8990d..d311fb6e7 100644
--- a/qa-include/pages/user-profile.php
+++ b/qa-include/pages/user-profile.php
@@ -699,10 +699,13 @@
 				);
 
 				if (!qa_user_permit_error('permit_hide_show')) {
-					$qa_content['form_profile']['buttons']['hideall'] = array(
-						'tags' => 'name="dohideall" onclick="qa_show_waiting_after(this, false);"',
-						'label' => qa_lang_html('users/hide_all_user_button'),
-					);
+					$has_vpost = qa_db_has_user_visible_postids($useraccount['userid']);
+					if( $has_vpost ){
+						$qa_content['form_profile']['buttons']['hideall'] = array(
+							'tags' => 'name="dohideall" onclick="qa_show_waiting_after(this, false);"',
+							'label' => qa_lang_html('users/hide_all_user_button'),
+						);
+					}	
 				}
 
 				if ($loginlevel >= QA_USER_LEVEL_ADMIN) {