diff --git a/stepmania/src/AutoActor.cpp b/stepmania/src/AutoActor.cpp
index 6d280a9054..500f28b45e 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/AutoActor.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/AutoActor.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ void AutoActor::Load( const CString &sPath )
 {
 	Unload();
 	m_pActor = ActorUtil::MakeActor( sPath );
+
+	/* If a Condition is false, MakeActor will return NULL. */
+	if( m_pActor == NULL )
+		m_pActor = new Actor;
 }
 
 void AutoActor::LoadFromNode( const CString &sDir, const XNode* pNode )