diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/Inventory/GameInventory.cs b/Dalamud/Game/Inventory/GameInventory.cs
index 27f14bf79..5c8ed27b0 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/Inventory/GameInventory.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/Inventory/GameInventory.cs
@@ -120,9 +120,7 @@ internal class GameInventory : IInternalDisposableService
                 continue;
 
             // Assumption: newItems is sorted by slots, and the last item has the highest slot number.
-            var oldItems = this.inventoryItems[i] ??= new GameInventoryItem[newItems[^1].InternalItem.Slot + 1];
-            if (this.inventoryItems[i] == null)
-                oldItems.Initialize();
+            var oldItems = this.inventoryItems[i] ??= this.CreateItemsArray(newItems[^1].InternalItem.Slot + 1);
 
             foreach (ref readonly var newItem in newItems)
             {
@@ -314,6 +312,13 @@ internal class GameInventory : IInternalDisposableService
         this.mergedEvents.Clear();
     }
 
+    private GameInventoryItem[] CreateItemsArray(int length)
+    {
+        var items = new GameInventoryItem[length];
+        items.Initialize();
+        return items;
+    }
+
     private unsafe void RaptureAtkModuleUpdateDetour(RaptureAtkModule* ram, float f1)
     {
         this.inventoriesMightBeChanged |= ram->AgentUpdateFlag != 0;