diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/update_icons.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/update_icons.dm
index 04e602fab0d..83ca7e0bfb9 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/update_icons.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/update_icons.dm
@@ -1277,17 +1277,15 @@ var/global/list/damage_icon_parts = list()
 		if(wear_suit.icon_override)
 			var/icon_path = "[wear_suit.icon_override]"
 			icon_path = "[copytext(icon_path, 1, findtext(icon_path, "/suit.dmi"))]/collar.dmi" //If this file doesn't exist, the end result is that COLLAR_LAYER will be unchanged (empty).
-			var/icon/icon_file
 			if(fexists(icon_path)) //Just ensuring the nonexistance of a file with the above path won't cause a runtime.
-				icon_file = new(icon_path)
-			standing = image("icon" = icon_file, "icon_state" = "[wear_suit.icon_state]")
+				var/icon/icon_file = new(icon_path)
+				standing = image("icon" = icon_file, "icon_state" = "[wear_suit.icon_state]")
 		else if(wear_suit.sprite_sheets && wear_suit.sprite_sheets[species.name])
 			var/icon_path = "[wear_suit.sprite_sheets[species.name]]"
 			icon_path = "[copytext(icon_path, 1, findtext(icon_path, "/suit.dmi"))]/collar.dmi" //If this file doesn't exist, the end result is that COLLAR_LAYER will be unchanged (empty).
-			var/icon/icon_file
 			if(fexists(icon_path)) //Just ensuring the nonexistance of a file with the above path won't cause a runtime.
-				icon_file = new(icon_path)
-			standing = image("icon" = icon_file, "icon_state" = "[wear_suit.icon_state]")
+				var/icon/icon_file = new(icon_path)
+				standing = image("icon" = icon_file, "icon_state" = "[wear_suit.icon_state]")
 		else
 			if(wear_suit.icon_state in C.IconStates())
 				standing = image("icon" = C, "icon_state" = "[wear_suit.icon_state]")