diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
index 6454ca66718..5a299dc0586 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
@@ -1232,6 +1232,7 @@
 			lying_icon.Blend(new /icon('human.dmi', "underwear[underwear]_[g]_l"), ICON_OVERLAY)
 
 /mob/living/carbon/human/proc/update_face()
+	if(!facial_hair_style || !hair_style)	return//Seems people like to lose their icons, this should stop the runtimes for now
 	del(face_standing)
 	del(face_lying)