diff --git a/security/Security.php b/security/Security.php
index 154196084..e4723a4b1 100644
--- a/security/Security.php
+++ b/security/Security.php
@@ -605,7 +605,8 @@ class Security extends Controller {
 		$permission = DataObject::get_one("Permission", "\"Code\" = 'ADMIN'", true, "\"Permission\".\"ID\"");
 
 		$adminGroup = null;
-		if($permission) $adminGroup = DataObject::get_one("Group", "\"Group\".\"ID\" = '{$permission->GroupID}'", true, "\"Group\".\"ID\"");
+		$subsiteCheck = class_exists('GroupSubsites') ?  ' AND "Group"."SubsiteID" = 0' : '';
+		if($permission) $adminGroup = DataObject::get_one("Group", "\"Group\".\"ID\" = '{$permission->GroupID}'$subsiteCheck", true, "\"Group\".\"ID\"");
 		
 		if($adminGroup) {
 			if($adminGroup->Members()->First()) {
@@ -857,4 +858,4 @@ class Security extends Controller {
 	}
 
 }
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>