diff --git a/code/game/objects/items.dm b/code/game/objects/items.dm
index 5fc3eff231..94e2f68257 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items.dm
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 			ghost.assumeform(src)
 			ghost.animate_towards(user)
 	//VORESTATION EDIT START. This handles possessed items.
-	if(src.possessed_voice.len && !(user.ckey in warned_of_possession)) //Is this item possessed?
+	if(src.possessed_voice && src.possessed_voice.len && !(user.ckey in warned_of_possession)) //Is this item possessed?
 		warned_of_possession |= user.ckey
 		tgui_alert_async(user,{"
 		THIS ITEM IS POSSESSED BY A PLAYER CURRENTLY IN THE ROUND. This could be by anomalous means or otherwise.