diff --git a/extensions/php/src/features/validationProvider.ts b/extensions/php/src/features/validationProvider.ts
index 64b9086ac7ad64d1f4b30d1c7fe4e0d44e3a52b5..80aa8e9ee1d9f85deac22fc103aa7f301b1be76e 100644
--- a/extensions/php/src/features/validationProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/php/src/features/validationProvider.ts
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ export default class PHPValidationProvider {
 	private showError(error: any, executable: string): void {
 		let message: string = null;
 		if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
-			if (executable) {
+			if (this.executable) {
 				message = localize('wrongExecutable', 'Cannot validate since {0} is not a valid php executable. Click on the Path status bar item to configure the executable.', executable);
 			} else {
 				message = localize('noExecutable', 'Cannot validate since no PHP executable is set. Click on the Path status bar item to configure the executable.');
diff --git a/extensions/php/src/phpMain.ts b/extensions/php/src/phpMain.ts
index e78cc7c773c0915d72bb0c93df565d3386a13681..6294405c4ccf5aa9c64335da39b951511c1ee2c2 100644
--- a/extensions/php/src/phpMain.ts
+++ b/extensions/php/src/phpMain.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): any {
 				updateStatusBarItem(context);
 			});
 		} else {
+			context.workspaceState.update(MigratedKey, true);
 			validator.activate(context.subscriptions);
 		}
 	} else {