diff --git a/src/game/rendering_graph_node.c b/src/game/rendering_graph_node.c
index 1f39190f8..188dcc022 100644
--- a/src/game/rendering_graph_node.c
+++ b/src/game/rendering_graph_node.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ void patch_mtx_interpolated(f32 delta) {
 
     // calculate outside of for loop to reduce overhead
     // technically this is improper use of mtxf functions, but coop doesn't target N64
-    bool translateCamSpace = (sCameraNode->matrixPtr != NULL) && (sCameraNode->matrixPtrPrev != NULL);
+    bool translateCamSpace = (gMtxTblSize > 0) && sCameraNode && (sCameraNode->matrixPtr != NULL) && (sCameraNode->matrixPtrPrev != NULL);
     if (translateCamSpace) {
         mtxf_inverse(camTranfInv.m, *sCameraNode->matrixPtr);
         mtxf_inverse(prevCamTranfInv.m, *sCameraNode->matrixPtrPrev);