diff --git a/src/game/client/components/chat.cpp b/src/game/client/components/chat.cpp
index 4cfe304ca..efa47e3f2 100644
--- a/src/game/client/components/chat.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/components/chat.cpp
@@ -542,9 +542,9 @@ void CChat::AddLine(int ClientID, int Team, const char *pLine)
 				str_copy(m_aLines[m_CurrentLine].m_aName, m_pClient->m_aClients[ClientID].m_aName, sizeof(m_aLines[m_CurrentLine].m_aName));
 
 			str_format(m_aLines[m_CurrentLine].m_aText, sizeof(m_aLines[m_CurrentLine].m_aText), ": %s", pLine);
+			m_aLines[m_CurrentLine].m_Friend = m_pClient->m_aClients[ClientID].m_Friend;
 		}
 
-		m_aLines[m_CurrentLine].m_Friend = m_pClient->m_aClients[ClientID].m_Friend;
 
 		char aBuf[1024];
 		str_format(aBuf, sizeof(aBuf), "%s%s", m_aLines[m_CurrentLine].m_aName, m_aLines[m_CurrentLine].m_aText);