diff --git a/code/modules/mob/mob.dm b/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
index bee232da81c..8a8e806f86b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(slot_equipment_priority, list( \
 
 /mob/proc/print_flavor_text(shrink = TRUE)
 	if(flavor_text && flavor_text != "")
-		var/msg = !dna.flavor_text ? replacetext(dna.flavor_text, "\n", " ") : replacetext(flavor_text, "\n", " ")
+		var/msg = dna?.flavor_text ? replacetext(dna.flavor_text, "\n", " ") : replacetext(flavor_text, "\n", " ")
 		if(length(msg) <= 40 || !shrink)
 			return "<span class='notice'>[msg]</span>" // There is already encoded by tgui_input
 		else