diff --git a/source/src/rendermodel.cpp b/source/src/rendermodel.cpp
index 23daae5e..8a822270 100644
--- a/source/src/rendermodel.cpp
+++ b/source/src/rendermodel.cpp
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ void rendermodel(const char *mdl, int anim, int tex, float rad, const vec &o, fl
 
     if(a) for(int i = 0; a[i].tag; i++)
     {
-        if(a[i].name) a[i].m = loadmodel(a[i].name);
+        a[i].m = a[i].name ? loadmodel(a[i].name) : NULL;
         //if(a[i].m && a[i].m->type()!=m->type()) a[i].m = NULL;
     }