diff --git a/registration/backends/default/views.py b/registration/backends/default/views.py
index ada20499..54504d93 100644
--- a/registration/backends/default/views.py
+++ b/registration/backends/default/views.py
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def LoginView(request):
             #return HttpResponseRedirect(request.META.get('HTTP_REFERER','/'))
         else:
             response={'success':False, 'errors': form.errors}
-            if getattr(form, 'inactive'):
+            if getattr(form, 'inactive', None):
                 response.update({'inactive': True})
 
             return HttpResponse(json.dumps(response), content_type='application/json')
diff --git a/registration/forms.py b/registration/forms.py
index 1a957bc1..8c6e718b 100644
--- a/registration/forms.py
+++ b/registration/forms.py
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ class RegistrationFormNoFreeEmail(RegistrationForm):
 
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
 class LoginForm(AuthenticationForm):
+    inactive = False
     def clean(self):
         username = self.cleaned_data.get('username')
         password = self.cleaned_data.get('password')
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ class LoginForm(AuthenticationForm):
 
 
             elif not self.user_cache.is_active:
-                self._errors['username'] = ErrorList(self.error_messages['inactive'])
+                self._errors['username'] = ErrorList([self.error_messages['inactive']])
                 self.inactive = True
 
                 del data['username']