diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/larva/powers.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/larva/powers.dm
index 4b6774a7dd5..9f270e49726 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/larva/powers.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/larva/powers.dm
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
 	if(user.incapacitated()) //something happened to us while we were choosing.
 		return
 
+	if(alien_caste == null)
+		return
+
 	var/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/new_xeno
 	switch(alien_caste)
 		if("Hunter")