diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/newznab.py b/sickbeard/providers/newznab.py
index 24a662b1..f6802008 100755
--- a/sickbeard/providers/newznab.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/newznab.py
@@ -263,38 +263,38 @@ class NewznabProvider(generic.NZBProvider):
             params['apikey'] = self.key
 
         results = []
-
-        # get and set total items available
-
         offset = total = 0
+
         while total >= offset:
             search_url = self.url + 'api?' + urllib.urlencode(params)
             logger.log(u"Search url: " + search_url, logger.DEBUG)
             data = self.cache.getRSSFeed(search_url)
 
-            if data and 'entries' in data and self._checkAuthFromData(data):
-                for item in data.entries:
+            if not data or not self._checkAuthFromData(data):
+                break
 
-                    (title, url) = self._get_title_and_url(item)
+            for item in data.entries:
 
-                    if title and url:
-                        results.append(item)
-                    else:
-                        logger.log(
-                            u"The data returned from the " + self.name + " is incomplete, this result is unusable",
-                            logger.DEBUG)
+                (title, url) = self._get_title_and_url(item)
 
-                # get total and offset attribs
-                if total == 0:
-                    total = int(data.feed.newznab_response['total'] or 0)
-                offset = int(data.feed.newznab_response['offset'] or 0)
+                if title and url:
+                    results.append(item)
+                else:
+                    logger.log(
+                        u"The data returned from the " + self.name + " is incomplete, this result is unusable",
+                        logger.DEBUG)
 
-                # if there are more items available then the amount given in one call, grab some more
-                params['offset'] += params['limit']
+            # get total and offset attribs
+            if total == 0:
+                total = int(data.feed.newznab_response['total'] or 0)
+            offset = int(data.feed.newznab_response['offset'] or 0)
 
-                logger.log(str(
-                    total - offset) + " more items to be fetched from provider. Fetching another " + str(
-                    params['limit']) + " items.", logger.DEBUG)
+            # if there are more items available then the amount given in one call, grab some more
+            params['offset'] += params['limit']
+
+            logger.log(str(
+                total - offset) + " more items to be fetched from provider. Fetching another " + str(
+                params['limit']) + " items.", logger.DEBUG)
 
         return results