diff --git a/htdocs/core/modules/barcode/doc/phpbarcode.modules.php b/htdocs/core/modules/barcode/doc/phpbarcode.modules.php
index b066f2a460c..56e846a0516 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/modules/barcode/doc/phpbarcode.modules.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/modules/barcode/doc/phpbarcode.modules.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 /* Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Laurent Destailleur  <eldy@users.sourceforge.net>
  * Copyright (C) 2005      Regis Houssin        <regis.houssin@inodbox.com>
- * Copyright (C) 2024		MDW							<mdeweerd@users.noreply.github.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2024-2025	MDW					<mdeweerd@users.noreply.github.com>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ class modPhpbarcode extends ModeleBarCode
 			$filebarcode = '';
 		}
 
+		$result = "No barcode ($code) to print";
 		dol_syslog(get_class($this)."::buildBarCode $code,$encoding,$scale,$mode,$filebarcode");
 		if ($code) {
 			$result = barcode_print($code, $encoding, $scale, $mode, $filebarcode);