diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/items/AEBaseItem.java b/src/main/java/appeng/items/AEBaseItem.java
index 5bd0f923db7..577e58403f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/items/AEBaseItem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/items/AEBaseItem.java
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ public final void addInformation( final ItemStack stack, final World world, fina
 	@SuppressWarnings( "unchecked" )
 	public final void getSubItems( final CreativeTabs creativeTab, final NonNullList<ItemStack> itemStacks )
 	{
-		this.getCheckedSubItems( creativeTab, itemStacks );
+		if(isInCreativeTab(creativeTab))
+			this.getCheckedSubItems( creativeTab, itemStacks );
 	}
 
 	@Override