diff --git a/patches/server/More-Projectile-API.patch b/patches/server/More-Projectile-API.patch
index a16f02dfdd..cb36945f19 100644
--- a/patches/server/More-Projectile-API.patch
+++ b/patches/server/More-Projectile-API.patch
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..00000000000000000000000000000000
          // The ItemStack must be a potion.
 -        Validate.isTrue(item.getType() == Material.LINGERING_POTION || item.getType() == Material.SPLASH_POTION, "ItemStack must be a lingering or splash potion. This item stack was " + item.getType() + ".");
 +        //Validate.isTrue(item.getType() == Material.LINGERING_POTION || item.getType() == Material.SPLASH_POTION, "ItemStack must be a lingering or splash potion. This item stack was " + item.getType() + "."); // Paper - Projectile API
-+        var meta = getPotionMeta(); // Paper - Projectile API
++        org.bukkit.inventory.meta.PotionMeta meta = (item.getType() == Material.LINGERING_POTION || item.getType() == Material.SPLASH_POTION) ? null : this.getPotionMeta(); // Paper - Projectile API
  
          this.getHandle().setItem(CraftItemStack.asNMSCopy(item));
-+        setPotionMeta(meta); // Paper - Projectile API
++        if (meta != null) this.setPotionMeta(meta); // Paper - Projectile API
      }
  
 +    // Paper start - Projectile API