diff --git a/sp/src/game/server/basecombatcharacter.cpp b/sp/src/game/server/basecombatcharacter.cpp
index 1f7e5331..7d45ec4e 100644
--- a/sp/src/game/server/basecombatcharacter.cpp
+++ b/sp/src/game/server/basecombatcharacter.cpp
@@ -4228,7 +4228,7 @@ void CBaseCombatCharacter::InputPickupWeaponInstant( inputdata_t &inputdata )
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		Warning("%s received PickupWeaponInstant with invalid entity %s\n", GetDebugName(), inputdata.value.Entity() ? "null" : inputdata.value.Entity()->GetDebugName());
+		Warning("%s received PickupWeaponInstant with invalid entity %s\n", GetDebugName(), inputdata.value.Entity() ? inputdata.value.Entity()->GetDebugName() : "<<null>>");
 	}
 }