From fa308949704543a11700f31728aa56a9f0ca5469 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CraftBukkit/Spigot <noreply+git-craftbukkit@papermc.io>
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2023 20:36:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix NPE introduced in #17c30fd

By: Jishuna <joshl5324@gmail.com>
---
 .../java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaSkull.java   | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaSkull.java b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaSkull.java
index 1c69d56724..bc9899dc70 100644
--- a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaSkull.java
+++ b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaSkull.java
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class CraftMetaSkull extends CraftMetaItem implements SkullMeta {
             // SPIGOT-6558: Set initial textures
             tag.put(SKULL_OWNER.NBT, serializedProfile);
             // Fill in textures
-            PlayerProfile ownerProfile = getOwnerProfile();
+            PlayerProfile ownerProfile = new CraftPlayerProfile(profile); // getOwnerProfile may return null
             if (ownerProfile.getTextures().isEmpty()) {
                 ownerProfile.update().thenAccept((filledProfile) -> {
                     setOwnerProfile(filledProfile);