diff --git a/Generals/Code/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/Drawable/Draw/W3DModelDraw.cpp b/Generals/Code/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/Drawable/Draw/W3DModelDraw.cpp
index c63a95c3364..4494b0fb3b6 100644
--- a/Generals/Code/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/Drawable/Draw/W3DModelDraw.cpp
+++ b/Generals/Code/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/Drawable/Draw/W3DModelDraw.cpp
@@ -3617,7 +3617,7 @@ Bool W3DModelDraw::handleWeaponFireFX(WeaponSlotType wslot, Int specificBarrelTo
 
 	Bool handled = false;
 
-	if (specificBarrelToUse < 0 || specificBarrelToUse > wbvec.size())
+	if (specificBarrelToUse < 0 || specificBarrelToUse >= wbvec.size())
 		specificBarrelToUse = 0;
 
 	const ModelConditionInfo::WeaponBarrelInfo& info = wbvec[specificBarrelToUse];
diff --git a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/Drawable/Draw/W3DModelDraw.cpp b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/Drawable/Draw/W3DModelDraw.cpp
index 1135b17de8f..7fb0fe0873a 100644
--- a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/Drawable/Draw/W3DModelDraw.cpp
+++ b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/Drawable/Draw/W3DModelDraw.cpp
@@ -3718,7 +3718,7 @@ Bool W3DModelDraw::handleWeaponFireFX(WeaponSlotType wslot, Int specificBarrelTo
 
 	Bool handled = false;
 
-	if (specificBarrelToUse < 0 || specificBarrelToUse > wbvec.size())
+	if (specificBarrelToUse < 0 || specificBarrelToUse >= wbvec.size())
 		specificBarrelToUse = 0;
 
 	const ModelConditionInfo::WeaponBarrelInfo& info = wbvec[specificBarrelToUse];