diff --git a/src/game/behaviors/enemy_lakitu.inc.c b/src/game/behaviors/enemy_lakitu.inc.c
index 056c3f13..cacd732f 100644
--- a/src/game/behaviors/enemy_lakitu.inc.c
+++ b/src/game/behaviors/enemy_lakitu.inc.c
@@ -24,12 +24,16 @@ static struct ObjectHitbox sEnemyLakituHitbox = {
  * Wait for mario to approach, then spawn the cloud and become visible.
  */
 static void enemy_lakitu_act_uninitialized(void) {
+#ifndef NODRAWINGDISTANCE
     if (o->oDistanceToMario < 2000.0f) {
+#endif
         spawn_object_relative_with_scale(CLOUD_BP_LAKITU_CLOUD, 0, 0, 0, 2.0f, o, MODEL_MIST, bhvCloud);
 
         cur_obj_unhide();
         o->oAction = ENEMY_LAKITU_ACT_MAIN;
+#ifndef NODRAWINGDISTANCE
     }
+#endif
 }
 
 /**