diff --git a/stepmania/src/ThemeMetric.h b/stepmania/src/ThemeMetric.h
index 3b0aad5dba..ccc2ccf9fc 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ThemeMetric.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/ThemeMetric.h
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ public:
 			Lua *L = LUA->Get();
 			THEME->GetMetric( m_sGroup, m_sName, m_Value );
 			m_Value.PushSelf(L);
-			if( !LuaHelpers::FromStack(L, m_currentValue, -1) )
-				m_currentValue = T();
+			LuaHelpers::FromStack(L, m_currentValue, -1);
 			lua_pop( L, 1 );
 			LUA->Release(L);