diff --git a/includes/MediaWiki.php b/includes/MediaWiki.php
index 545a46f63c4..87468bd2bf0 100644
--- a/includes/MediaWiki.php
+++ b/includes/MediaWiki.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class MediaWiki {
 	 * @return Title
 	 */
 	public function getTitle() {
-		if ( $this->context->getTitle() === null ) {
+		if ( !$this->context->hasTitle() ) {
 			$this->context->setTitle( $this->parseTitle() );
 		}
 		return $this->context->getTitle();
diff --git a/includes/context/RequestContext.php b/includes/context/RequestContext.php
index 952af8cdeb0..b1bebe7c2b1 100644
--- a/includes/context/RequestContext.php
+++ b/includes/context/RequestContext.php
@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ class RequestContext implements IContextSource {
 		return $this->title;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Check, if a Title object is set
+	 *
+	 * @since 1.25
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function hasTitle() {
+		return $this->title !== null;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Check whether a WikiPage object can be get with getWikiPage().
 	 * Callers should expect that an exception is thrown from getWikiPage()