diff --git a/src/game/client/components/skins.cpp b/src/game/client/components/skins.cpp
index b5e76ee90..df5faea22 100644
--- a/src/game/client/components/skins.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/components/skins.cpp
@@ -97,8 +97,10 @@ int CSkins::LoadSkin(const char *pName, const char *pPath, int DirType, int *pGe
 					aColors[2] += d[y * Pitch + x * 4 + 2];
 				}
 			}
-
-		Skin.m_BloodColor = ColorRGBA(normalize(vec3(aColors[0], aColors[1], aColors[2])));
+		if(aColors[0] != 0 && aColors[1] != 0 && aColors[2] != 0)
+			Skin.m_BloodColor = ColorRGBA(normalize(vec3(aColors[0], aColors[1], aColors[2])));
+		else
+			Skin.m_BloodColor = ColorRGBA(0, 0, 0, 1);
 	}
 
 	// create colorless version