diff --git a/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl41/GL41BackendBuffer.cpp b/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl41/GL41BackendBuffer.cpp
index e56d671891..ac337550ca 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl41/GL41BackendBuffer.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl41/GL41BackendBuffer.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public:
         glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, _size, nullptr, GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
         glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
 
-        if (original) {
+        if (original && original->_size) {
             glBindBuffer(GL_COPY_WRITE_BUFFER, _buffer);
             glBindBuffer(GL_COPY_READ_BUFFER, original->_buffer);
             glCopyBufferSubData(GL_COPY_READ_BUFFER, GL_COPY_WRITE_BUFFER, 0, 0, original->_size);