diff --git a/ref/soft/r_studio.c b/ref/soft/r_studio.c
index 0da4909d..92bc4b6c 100644
--- a/ref/soft/r_studio.c
+++ b/ref/soft/r_studio.c
@@ -2023,8 +2023,7 @@ static void R_StudioDrawPoints( void )
 
 	if( !m_pStudioHeader ) return;
 
-	// safety bounding the skinnum
-	m_skinnum = bound( 0, RI.currententity->curstate.skin, ( m_pStudioHeader->numskinfamilies - 1 ));
+	m_skinnum = RI.currententity->curstate.skin;
 	ptexture = (mstudiotexture_t *)((byte *)m_pStudioHeader + m_pStudioHeader->textureindex);
 	pvertbone = ((byte *)m_pStudioHeader + m_pSubModel->vertinfoindex);
 	pnormbone = ((byte *)m_pStudioHeader + m_pSubModel->norminfoindex);
@@ -2034,7 +2033,8 @@ static void R_StudioDrawPoints( void )
 	pstudionorms = (vec3_t *)((byte *)m_pStudioHeader + m_pSubModel->normindex);
 
 	pskinref = (short *)((byte *)m_pStudioHeader + m_pStudioHeader->skinindex);
-	if( m_skinnum != 0 ) pskinref += (m_skinnum * m_pStudioHeader->numskinref);
+	if( m_skinnum > 0 && m_skinnum < m_pStudioHeader->numskinfamilies )
+		pskinref += (m_skinnum * m_pStudioHeader->numskinref);
 
 	if( FBitSet( m_pStudioHeader->flags, STUDIO_HAS_BONEWEIGHTS ) && m_pSubModel->blendvertinfoindex != 0 && m_pSubModel->blendnorminfoindex != 0 )
 	{