diff --git a/code/modules/awaymissions/gateway.dm b/code/modules/awaymissions/gateway.dm
index 704bb6b7a47..5f6a66032f7 100644
--- a/code/modules/awaymissions/gateway.dm
+++ b/code/modules/awaymissions/gateway.dm
@@ -455,7 +455,8 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(gateway_destinations)
 	// Rather then that, let's just render a little preview port to the console, because for reasons that's trivial
 	vis_contents = null
 
-	if(!our_destination)
+	var/turf/center_turf = our_destination?.get_target_turf()
+	if(!center_turf)
 		// Draw static
 		cam_background.icon_state = "scanline2"
 		cam_background.color = null
@@ -464,7 +465,6 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(gateway_destinations)
 
 	cam_background.add_filter("portal_blur", 1, list("type" = "blur", "size" = 0.5))
 
-	var/turf/center_turf = our_destination.get_target_turf()
 	vis_contents += block(locate(center_turf.x - 1, center_turf.y - 1, center_turf.z), locate(center_turf.x + 1, center_turf.y + 1, center_turf.z))
 	cam_background.icon_state = "scanline4"
 	cam_background.color = "#adadff"