diff --git a/app/models/way.rb b/app/models/way.rb
index c9e695b32..be6531def 100644
--- a/app/models/way.rb
+++ b/app/models/way.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class Way < ActiveRecord::Base
         end
       else
         # otherwise, manually go to the db to check things
-        if nd.node.visible? and nd.node.visible?
+        if nd.node and nd.node.visible?
           ordered_nodes[nd.sequence_id] = nd.node_id.to_s
         end
       end