diff --git a/Content.Shared/Cuffs/SharedCuffableSystem.cs b/Content.Shared/Cuffs/SharedCuffableSystem.cs
index f82b91e6615..e97ffb4d37e 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Cuffs/SharedCuffableSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Cuffs/SharedCuffableSystem.cs
@@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ public bool TryAddNewCuffs(EntityUid target, EntityUid user, EntityUid handcuff,
             // Success!
             bool success = TrySpawnCuffSplitStack(handcuff, user, target, out EntityUid? handcuffsplit);
 
+			if (handcuffsplit == null)
+				return false;
+
             if (success)
             {
                 component.Container.Insert((EntityUid)handcuffsplit);