diff --git a/stepmania/src/ScreenRanking.cpp b/stepmania/src/ScreenRanking.cpp
index 8a3fb7c8ca..056a1d8c5e 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ScreenRanking.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ScreenRanking.cpp
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ float ScreenRanking::SetPage( PageToShow pts )
 				FOREACH_CONST( Difficulty, DIFFICULTIES_TO_SHOW.GetValue(), iter )
 				{							
 					const Steps* pSteps = pSong->GetStepsByDifficulty( pts.st, *iter, false );
-					if( UNLOCKMAN->StepsIsLocked( pSong, pSteps ) )
+					if( pSteps  &&  UNLOCKMAN->StepsIsLocked(pSong, pSteps) )
 						pSteps = NULL;
 					BitmapText* pTextStepsScore = &item.m_textScore[*iter];