diff --git a/source/core/music/s_advsound.cpp b/source/core/music/s_advsound.cpp
index 679ad2716..bb2bf043c 100644
--- a/source/core/music/s_advsound.cpp
+++ b/source/core/music/s_advsound.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static FSoundID S_AddSound(const char* logicalname, int lumpnum, FScanner* sc)
 FSoundID S_AddSound(const char* logicalname, const char* lumpname, FScanner* sc)
 {
 	int lump = fileSystem.CheckNumForFullName(lumpname, true, ns_sounds);
-	if (lump == -1) sc->ScriptMessage("%s: sound file not found");
+	if (lump == -1 && sc) sc->ScriptMessage("%s: sound file not found", sc->String);
 	return S_AddSound(logicalname, lump, sc);
 }
 
diff --git a/wadsrc/static/sounds/dsempty.lmp b/wadsrc/static/sounds/dsempty.lmp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb6f1d2fc
Binary files /dev/null and b/wadsrc/static/sounds/dsempty.lmp differ