diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/dialoguebindings.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/dialoguebindings.cpp
index 22681908f0..8a24e999b0 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/dialoguebindings.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/dialoguebindings.cpp
@@ -101,14 +101,14 @@ namespace
 
         const ESM::Dialogue* at(size_t index) const
         {
-            if (index >= getSize())
+            auto result = begin();
+            result += index;
+
+            if (result == end())
             {
                 return nullptr;
             }
 
-            auto result = begin();
-            result += index;
-
             return &(*result);
         }