diff --git a/ref/gl/gl_rpart.c b/ref/gl/gl_rpart.c
index 00954af1..086fd0ae 100644
--- a/ref/gl/gl_rpart.c
+++ b/ref/gl/gl_rpart.c
@@ -229,9 +229,9 @@ void CL_DrawTracers( double frametime, particle_t *cl_active_tracers )
 			VectorAdd( verts[0], delta, verts[2] );
 			VectorAdd( verts[1], delta, verts[3] );
 
-			if( p->color > sizeof( gTracerColors ) / sizeof( color24 ) )
+			if( p->color > sizeof( gTracerColors ) / sizeof( gTracerColors[0] ))
 			{
-				gEngfuncs.Con_Printf( S_ERROR "UserTracer with color > %d\n", sizeof( gTracerColors ) / sizeof( color24 ));
+				gEngfuncs.Con_Printf( S_ERROR "UserTracer with color(%d) > %d\n", p->color, sizeof( gTracerColors ) / sizeof( gTracerColors[0] ));
 				p->color = 0;
 			}
 
diff --git a/ref/soft/r_part.c b/ref/soft/r_part.c
index 790b843e..0839255a 100644
--- a/ref/soft/r_part.c
+++ b/ref/soft/r_part.c
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ void GAME_EXPORT CL_DrawTracers( double frametime, particle_t *cl_active_tracers
 			VectorAdd( verts[0], delta, verts[2] );
 			VectorAdd( verts[1], delta, verts[3] );
 
-			if( p->color > sizeof( gTracerColors ) / sizeof( color24 ) )
+			if( p->color > sizeof( gTracerColors ) / sizeof( gTracerColors[0] ))
 			{
-				gEngfuncs.Con_Printf( S_ERROR "UserTracer with color > %d\n", sizeof( gTracerColors ) / sizeof( color24 ));
+				gEngfuncs.Con_Printf( S_ERROR "UserTracer with color(%d) > %d\n", p->color, sizeof( gTracerColors ) / sizeof( gTracerColors[0] ));
 				p->color = 0;
 			}