diff --git a/client/src/lib.rs b/client/src/lib.rs
index abdbb3d48d..3e19e5a3f3 100644
--- a/client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/client/src/lib.rs
@@ -3248,8 +3248,8 @@ impl Client {
         self.missing_plugins.len()
     }
 
-    /// number of requested plugins
-    pub fn num_missing_plugins(&self) -> usize { self.missing_plugins.len() }
+    /// true if missing_plugins is not empty
+    pub fn are_plugins_missing(&self) -> bool { !self.missing_plugins.is_empty() }
 
     /// extract list of locally cached plugins to load
     pub fn take_local_plugins(&mut self) -> Vec<PathBuf> { std::mem::take(&mut self.local_plugins) }
diff --git a/voxygen/src/menu/char_selection/mod.rs b/voxygen/src/menu/char_selection/mod.rs
index d2b8d52de1..bca1f708a7 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/menu/char_selection/mod.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/menu/char_selection/mod.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl CharSelectionState {
 impl PlayState for CharSelectionState {
     fn enter(&mut self, global_state: &mut GlobalState, _: Direction) {
         // Load the player's character list
-        if self.client.borrow().num_missing_plugins() == 0 {
+        if !self.client.borrow().are_plugins_missing() {
             self.client.borrow_mut().load_character_list();
         }