diff --git a/islandora_basic_collection/includes/CollectionPolicy.inc b/islandora_basic_collection/includes/CollectionPolicy.inc
index cbe261d1..3cbd2592 100644
--- a/islandora_basic_collection/includes/CollectionPolicy.inc
+++ b/islandora_basic_collection/includes/CollectionPolicy.inc
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ class CollectionPolicy {
    * @return CollectionPolicy
    *   The parsed collection policy.
    */
-  public function __construct($xmlStr) {
+  public function __construct($xml_string) {
     $this->xml = new DOMDocument();
-    $this->xml->loadXML($xmlStr);
+    $this->xml->loadXML($xml_string);
     $this->name = 'Collection Policy';
   }
 
diff --git a/islandora_basic_collection/includes/child_collection.inc b/islandora_basic_collection/includes/child_collection.inc
index ab289ed1..f696286a 100644
--- a/islandora_basic_collection/includes/child_collection.inc
+++ b/islandora_basic_collection/includes/child_collection.inc
@@ -17,7 +17,15 @@ function islandora_create_child_collection_form($form, &$form_state, $collection
   module_load_include('inc', 'islandora_basic_collection', 'includes/CollectionPolicy');
 
   $policy_datastream = $collection_object->getDatastream(variable_get('Islandora_Collection_Policy_DSID', 'COLLECTION_POLICY'));
+  if (!$policy_datastream) {
+    $form['no_policy'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'item',
+      '#title' => t('No collection policy datastream found!'),
+    );
+    return $form;
+  }
   $collection_policy = new CollectionPolicy($policy_datastream->content);
+
   $current_content_models = $collection_policy->getContentModels();
   
   $collection_content_model_exists = FALSE;