the address of 'headModelName' will always evaluate as 'true'

code/ui/ui_players.c

@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ qboolean UI_RegisterClientModelname( playerInfo_t *pi, const char *modelSkinName
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (headModelName && headModelName[0] == '*' ) {
+	if (headModelName[0] == '*' ) {
 		Com_sprintf( filename, sizeof( filename ), "models/players/heads/%s/%s.md3", &headModelName[1], &headModelName[1] );
 	}
 	else {