diff --git a/code/WorkInProgress/Ported/Bureaucracy/filing.dm b/code/WorkInProgress/Ported/Bureaucracy/filing.dm
index 5f6363dadc..a742371e33 100644
--- a/code/WorkInProgress/Ported/Bureaucracy/filing.dm
+++ b/code/WorkInProgress/Ported/Bureaucracy/filing.dm
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
 		user << "The [src] is empty."
 		return
 	var/obj/item/weapon/paper/P = input(user,"Choose a sheet to take out.","[src]", "Cancel") as null|obj in src.contents
-	if(in_range(src,user))
+	if(!isnull(P) && in_range(src,user))
 		P.loc = user.loc
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