diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/BaseIndividualTemplateModel.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/BaseIndividualTemplateModel.java
index 9dff23ac8..657820fd7 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/BaseIndividualTemplateModel.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/BaseIndividualTemplateModel.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public abstract class BaseIndividualTemplateModel extends BaseTemplateModel {
     }
 
     public GroupedPropertyList getPropertyList() {
-        if (!(propertyList instanceof GroupedPropertyList)) {
+        if (propertyList == null) {
             propertyList = new GroupedPropertyList(individual, vreq, policyHelper);
         }
         return propertyList;