diff --git a/dlls/world.cpp b/dlls/world.cpp
index f352bd52..1cc645c9 100644
--- a/dlls/world.cpp
+++ b/dlls/world.cpp
@@ -484,9 +484,12 @@ void CWorld::Precache( void )
 	///!!!LATER - do we want a sound ent in deathmatch? (sjb)
 	//pSoundEnt = CBaseEntity::Create( "soundent", g_vecZero, g_vecZero, edict() );
 	pSoundEnt = GetClassPtr( ( CSoundEnt *)NULL );
-	pSoundEnt->Spawn();
 
-	if( !pSoundEnt )
+	if( pSoundEnt )
+	{
+		pSoundEnt->Spawn();
+	}
+	else
 	{
 		ALERT ( at_console, "**COULD NOT CREATE SOUNDENT**\n" );
 	}