diff --git a/CraftBukkit-Patches/0157-Schedule-Hopper-Ticks.patch b/CraftBukkit-Patches/0157-Schedule-Hopper-Ticks.patch
index 487723367..1431dbc66 100644
--- a/CraftBukkit-Patches/0157-Schedule-Hopper-Ticks.patch
+++ b/CraftBukkit-Patches/0157-Schedule-Hopper-Ticks.patch
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..00000000000000000000000000000000
 +    // Helper method for scheduleTicks. If the hopper at blockposition is pointed
 +    // toward this tile, then make the hopper active
 +    private void scheduleTick(BlockPosition blockposition) {
++        if (!world.isLoaded(blockposition)) {
++            return;
++        }
 +        TileEntity tileEntity = this.world.getTileEntity(blockposition);
 +        if (tileEntity instanceof TileEntityHopper) {
 +            // i is the metadeta assoiated with the direction the hopper faces.