diff --git a/code/AssetLib/glTF2/glTF2Importer.cpp b/code/AssetLib/glTF2/glTF2Importer.cpp
index ad0cea221..738186414 100644
--- a/code/AssetLib/glTF2/glTF2Importer.cpp
+++ b/code/AssetLib/glTF2/glTF2Importer.cpp
@@ -1386,7 +1386,9 @@ void glTF2Importer::InternReadFile(const std::string &pFile, aiScene *pScene, IO
     // read the asset file
     glTF2::Asset asset(pIOHandler);
     asset.Load(pFile, GetExtension(pFile) == "glb");
-    pScene->mName = asset.scene->name;
+    if (asset.scene) {
+        pScene->mName = asset.scene->name;
+    }
 
     //
     // Copy the data out