diff --git a/code/modules/client/preference_setup/loadout/gear_tweaks.dm b/code/modules/client/preference_setup/loadout/gear_tweaks.dm
index f371fac6c1..3fe07dd5fa 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/preference_setup/loadout/gear_tweaks.dm
+++ b/code/modules/client/preference_setup/loadout/gear_tweaks.dm
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(gear_tweak_free_matrix_recolor, /datum/gear_tweak/matrix_recol
 			continue
 		else
 			path = 	contents[metadata[i]]
-		new path(I)
+		if(path)
+			new path(I)
 
 /*
 * Ragent adjustment