diff --git a/code/renderer/tr_shader.c b/code/renderer/tr_shader.c
index 75563d93..158f81a1 100644
--- a/code/renderer/tr_shader.c
+++ b/code/renderer/tr_shader.c
@@ -2327,14 +2327,15 @@ static char *FindShaderInShaderText( const char *shadername ) {
 
 	hash = generateHashValue(shadername, MAX_SHADERTEXT_HASH);
 
-	if(!shaderTextHashTable[hash])
-		return NULL;
-
-	for (i = 0; shaderTextHashTable[hash][i]; i++) {
-		p = shaderTextHashTable[hash][i];
-		token = COM_ParseExt(&p, qtrue);
-		if ( !Q_stricmp( token, shadername ) ) {
-			return p;
+	if(shaderTextHashTable[hash])
+	{
+		for (i = 0; shaderTextHashTable[hash][i]; i++)
+		{
+			p = shaderTextHashTable[hash][i];
+			token = COM_ParseExt(&p, qtrue);
+		
+			if(!Q_stricmp(token, shadername))
+				return p;
 		}
 	}