diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableParticleEffectEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableParticleEffectEntityItem.cpp
index f51a3f7740..38027a80ed 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableParticleEffectEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableParticleEffectEntityItem.cpp
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ void ParticleEffectEntityRenderer::stepSimulation() {
 }
 
 void ParticleEffectEntityRenderer::doRender(RenderArgs* args) {
-    if (!_visible) {
+    if (!_visible || !(_networkTexture && _networkTexture->isLoaded())) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -328,11 +328,7 @@ void ParticleEffectEntityRenderer::doRender(RenderArgs* args) {
     stepSimulation();
 
     gpu::Batch& batch = *args->_batch;
-    if (_networkTexture && _networkTexture->isLoaded()) {
-        batch.setResourceTexture(0, _networkTexture->getGPUTexture());
-    } else {
-        batch.setResourceTexture(0, DependencyManager::get<TextureCache>()->getWhiteTexture());
-    }
+    batch.setResourceTexture(0, _networkTexture->getGPUTexture());
 
     Transform transform; 
     // The particles are in world space, so the transform is unused, except for the rotation, which we use