diff --git a/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/Drawable/Draw/W3DModelDraw.cpp b/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/Drawable/Draw/W3DModelDraw.cpp
index 4799c9aa33e..36449abf29c 100644
--- a/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/Drawable/Draw/W3DModelDraw.cpp
+++ b/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/Drawable/Draw/W3DModelDraw.cpp
@@ -2495,12 +2495,13 @@ void W3DModelDraw::handleClientTurretPositioning()
 */
 void W3DModelDraw::handleClientRecoil()
 {
-	const W3DModelDrawModuleData* d = getW3DModelDrawModuleData();
-	if (!(m_curState->m_validStuff & ModelConditionInfo::BARRELS_VALID))
+	if (!m_curState || !(m_curState->m_validStuff & ModelConditionInfo::BARRELS_VALID))
 	{
 		return;
 	}
 
+	const W3DModelDrawModuleData* d = getW3DModelDrawModuleData();
+
 	// do recoil, if any
 	for (int wslot = 0; wslot < WEAPONSLOT_COUNT; ++wslot)
 	{