diff --git a/src/sbbs3/js_system.c b/src/sbbs3/js_system.c
index 535a721207b5b56fe01fc255c290eca25a3c9c75..c173191f52fb901d0a74c5c3628db9ff7b66a984 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/js_system.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/js_system.c
@@ -1708,8 +1708,7 @@ js_new_user(JSContext *cx, uintN argc, jsval *arglist)
 		if(client->protocol != NULL)
 			SAFECOPY(user.modem,client->protocol);
 		SAFECOPY(user.comp,client->host);
-		if(client->addr != NULL)
-			SAFECOPY(user.ipaddr,client->addr);
+		SAFECOPY(user.ipaddr,client->addr);
 	}
 
 	user.sex=' ';