diff --git a/src/main/java/ca/spottedleaf/dataconverter/minecraft/versions/V2514.java b/src/main/java/ca/spottedleaf/dataconverter/minecraft/versions/V2514.java
index 167109f..4275077 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ca/spottedleaf/dataconverter/minecraft/versions/V2514.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ca/spottedleaf/dataconverter/minecraft/versions/V2514.java
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ static void replaceUUIDString(final MapType data, final String oldPath, final St
 
     static void replaceUUIDMLTag(final MapType data, final String oldPath, final String newPath) {
         final int[] uuid = createUUIDFromLongs(data.getMap(oldPath), "M", "L");
+        data.remove(oldPath);
         if (uuid != null) {
-            data.remove(oldPath);
             data.setInts(newPath, uuid);
         }
     }