diff --git a/apps/app_queue.c b/apps/app_queue.c
index 4db586e290..30c81ec8cc 100644
--- a/apps/app_queue.c
+++ b/apps/app_queue.c
@@ -2346,9 +2346,8 @@ static struct call_queue *load_realtime_queue(const char *queuename)
 		if (queue_vars) {
 			member_config = ast_load_realtime_multientry("queue_members", "interface LIKE", "%", "queue_name", queuename, SENTINEL);
 			if (!member_config) {
-				ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "no queue_members defined in your config (extconfig.conf).\n");
-				ast_variables_destroy(queue_vars);
-				return NULL;
+				ast_debug(1, "No queue_members defined in config extconfig.conf\n");
+				member_config = ast_config_new();
 			}
 		}
 		if (q) {