diff --git a/src/game/client/components/scoreboard.cpp b/src/game/client/components/scoreboard.cpp
index 0c9f9b3b6..2b6c22817 100644
--- a/src/game/client/components/scoreboard.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/components/scoreboard.cpp
@@ -152,9 +152,6 @@ void CScoreboard::RenderScoreboard(float x, float y, float w, int Team, const ch
 	if(Team == TEAM_SPECTATORS)
 		return;
 
-	if(NumPlayers < 0)
-		NumPlayers = m_pClient->m_Snap.m_aTeamSize[Team];
-
 	bool lower16 = false;
 	bool upper16 = false;
 	bool lower24 = false;
@@ -178,6 +175,9 @@ void CScoreboard::RenderScoreboard(float x, float y, float w, int Team, const ch
 	if(Team < -1)
 		Team = 0;
 
+	if(NumPlayers < 0)
+		NumPlayers = m_pClient->m_Snap.m_aTeamSize[Team];
+
 	float h = 760.0f;
 
 	// background