Index: typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_pagegen.php
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--- typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_pagegen.php	(Revision 13759)
+++ typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_pagegen.php	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -486,10 +486,13 @@
 			$favIcon = t3lib_div::getIndpEnv('TYPO3_SITE_URL') . $GLOBALS['TSFE']->tmpl->getFileName($GLOBALS['TSFE']->pSetup['shortcutIcon']);
 			$iconMimeType = '';
 			if (function_exists('finfo_open')) {
-				if (($finfo = @finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME))) {
+				$finfo = @finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME);
+				if ($finfo) {
 					$iconMimeType = ' type="' . finfo_file($finfo, $favIcon) . '"';
 					finfo_close($finfo);
 				}
+			} else {
+				$iconMimeType = ' type="image/x-icon"';
 			}
 
 			$GLOBALS['TSFE']->content.= '