diff --git a/enigma-cli/src/test/resources/drop_invalid_mappings/input/EmptyMappings.mapping b/enigma-cli/src/test/resources/drop_invalid_mappings/input/EmptyMappings.mapping
index 91bc828b..4ad14254 100644
--- a/enigma-cli/src/test/resources/drop_invalid_mappings/input/EmptyMappings.mapping
+++ b/enigma-cli/src/test/resources/drop_invalid_mappings/input/EmptyMappings.mapping
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ CLASS a
 	METHOD <init> (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 		ARG 1
 	METHOD a ()Ljava/lang/String;
+	CLASS b
+		METHOD b (Ljava/lang/String;)V
+			ARG 2
diff --git a/enigma/src/main/java/org/quiltmc/enigma/api/EnigmaProject.java b/enigma/src/main/java/org/quiltmc/enigma/api/EnigmaProject.java
index 35744982..bc060a7a 100644
--- a/enigma/src/main/java/org/quiltmc/enigma/api/EnigmaProject.java
+++ b/enigma/src/main/java/org/quiltmc/enigma/api/EnigmaProject.java
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ public boolean validateParameterIndex(LocalVariableEntry parameter) {
 					.filter(node -> node.name.equals(parent.getName()) && node.desc.equals(parent.getDesc().toString()))
 					.findFirst().ifPresent(node -> {
 						// occasionally it's possible to run into a method that has parameters, yet whose max locals is 0. java is stupid. we ignore those cases
-						if (node.parameters.size() <= node.maxLocals) {
+						if (!(node.parameters != null && node.parameters.size() > node.maxLocals)) {
 							maxLocals.set(node.maxLocals);
 						}
 					});
diff --git a/enigma/src/main/java/org/quiltmc/enigma/impl/translation/mapping/MappingsChecker.java b/enigma/src/main/java/org/quiltmc/enigma/impl/translation/mapping/MappingsChecker.java
index 89b0fab1..30c9bfa2 100644
--- a/enigma/src/main/java/org/quiltmc/enigma/impl/translation/mapping/MappingsChecker.java
+++ b/enigma/src/main/java/org/quiltmc/enigma/impl/translation/mapping/MappingsChecker.java
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ private boolean hasNoChildren(Entry<?> entry, Dropped dropped) {
 		// account for child mappings that have been dropped already
 		if (!children.isEmpty()) {
 			for (Entry<?> child : children) {
-				if (!dropped.getDroppedMappings().containsKey(child) && !this.hasNoChildren(child, dropped)) {
+				var mapping = this.mappings.get(child);
+				if (mapping != null && !(mapping.targetName() == null && mapping.javadoc() == null)) {
+					return false;
+				} else if (!dropped.getDroppedMappings().containsKey(child) && this.hasNoChildren(child, dropped)) {
 					return true;
 				}
 			}