diff --git a/examples/jsm/loaders/GLTFLoader.js b/examples/jsm/loaders/GLTFLoader.js
index 1216ad51e34fd7..d565e1f17f1144 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/loaders/GLTFLoader.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/loaders/GLTFLoader.js
@@ -3013,6 +3013,8 @@ class GLTFParser {
 
 		return this.getDependency( 'texture', mapDef.index ).then( function ( texture ) {
 
+			if ( ! texture ) return null;
+
 			// Materials sample aoMap from UV set 1 and other maps from UV set 0 - this can't be configured
 			// However, we will copy UV set 0 to UV set 1 on demand for aoMap
 			if ( mapDef.texCoord !== undefined && mapDef.texCoord != 0 && ! ( mapName === 'aoMap' && mapDef.texCoord == 1 ) ) {