diff --git a/src/bind_region.c b/src/bind_region.c
index e114ea806..b7eaea9e7 100644
--- a/src/bind_region.c
+++ b/src/bind_region.c
@@ -465,9 +465,9 @@ static int tolua_region_create(lua_State * L)
         }
         if (result) {
             terraform_region(result, terrain);
-        }
-        if (result->land) {
-            fix_demand(result);
+            if (result->land) {
+                fix_demand(result);
+            }
         }
 
         tolua_pushusertype(L, result, TOLUA_CAST "region");