diff --git a/src/newgrf_text.cpp b/src/newgrf_text.cpp
index 2c9fe65797..df00ef3419 100644
--- a/src/newgrf_text.cpp
+++ b/src/newgrf_text.cpp
@@ -1062,9 +1062,11 @@ uint RemapNewGRFStringControlCode(uint scc, char *buf_start, char **buff, const
 				*argv = MapGRFStringID(_newgrf_textrefstack.grffile->grfid, _newgrf_textrefstack.PopUnsignedWord());
 				break;
 
-			case SCC_NEWGRF_PRINT_WORD_CARGO_NAME:
-				*argv = 1 << GetCargoTranslation(_newgrf_textrefstack.PopUnsignedWord(), _newgrf_textrefstack.grffile);
+			case SCC_NEWGRF_PRINT_WORD_CARGO_NAME: {
+				CargoID cargo = GetCargoTranslation(_newgrf_textrefstack.PopUnsignedWord(), _newgrf_textrefstack.grffile);
+				*argv = cargo < NUM_CARGO ? 1 << cargo : 0;
 				break;
+			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		/* Consume additional parameter characters */