diff --git a/DBCD/DBCDBuilder.cs b/DBCD/DBCDBuilder.cs
index b95b98c..5663855 100644
--- a/DBCD/DBCDBuilder.cs
+++ b/DBCD/DBCDBuilder.cs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ internal Tuple<Type, DBCDInfo> Build(DBParser dbcReader, Stream dbd, string name
                 
                 if (!fieldDefinition.isNonInline)
                 {
-                    if (metadataIndex < dbcReader.ColumnMeta.Length)
+                    if (dbcReader.ColumnMeta != null && metadataIndex < dbcReader.ColumnMeta.Length)
                     {
                         AddAttribute<SizeInBitsAttribute>(field, dbcReader.ColumnMeta[metadataIndex].Size);
                     }