diff --git a/src/game/client/gameclient.cpp b/src/game/client/gameclient.cpp
index 58fb1e505..36a552198 100644
--- a/src/game/client/gameclient.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/gameclient.cpp
@@ -2442,7 +2442,7 @@ void CGameClient::UpdatePrediction()
 		if(m_Snap.m_aCharacters[i].m_Active)
 		{
 			bool IsLocal = (i == m_Snap.m_LocalClientID || (PredictDummy() && i == m_PredictedDummyID));
-			int GameTeam = (m_Snap.m_pGameInfoObj->m_GameFlags & GAMEFLAG_TEAMS) ? m_aClients[i].m_Team : i;
+			int GameTeam = (m_Snap.m_pGameInfoObj && (m_Snap.m_pGameInfoObj->m_GameFlags & GAMEFLAG_TEAMS)) ? m_aClients[i].m_Team : i;
 			m_GameWorld.NetCharAdd(i, &m_Snap.m_aCharacters[i].m_Cur,
 				m_Snap.m_aCharacters[i].m_HasExtendedData ? &m_Snap.m_aCharacters[i].m_ExtendedData : 0,
 				GameTeam, IsLocal);