diff --git a/code/modules/power/tesla/energy_ball.dm b/code/modules/power/tesla/energy_ball.dm
index e9ddb288aa..38a4e4b0a2 100644
--- a/code/modules/power/tesla/energy_ball.dm
+++ b/code/modules/power/tesla/energy_ball.dm
@@ -93,11 +93,9 @@
 	//we face the last thing we zapped, so this lets us favor that direction a bit
 	var/move_bias = pick(GLOB.alldirs)
 	var/move_dir
-	var/rods = GLOB.grounding_rods
-	if(rods) // grounding rods pull the tesla ball, picks the nearest one
-		for(var/rod in rods) 
-			if(!rodtarget || get_dist(src,rod)<get_dist(src,rodtarget))
-				rodtarget=rod
+	for(var/rod in GLOB.grounding_rods) // grounding rods pull the tesla ball, picks the nearest one
+		if(!rodtarget || get_dist(src,rod)<get_dist(src,rodtarget))
+			rodtarget=rod
 
 	for(var/i in 0 to move_amount)
 		if(rodtarget)