diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin_misc_groupblog.py b/src/plugins/plugin_misc_groupblog.py
index 04bf272f..72121962 100755
--- a/src/plugins/plugin_misc_groupblog.py
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_misc_groupblog.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class GroupBlog(object):
                     client.item_access_pubsub = entity
             client._item_access_pubsub_pending.callback(None)
 
-        if "_item_access_pubsub_pending" in client:
+        if hasattr(client, "_item_access_pubsub_pending"):
             #XXX: we need to wait for item access pubsub service check
             yield client._item_access_pubsub_pending
             del client._item_access_pubsub_pending