diff --git a/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp b/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp
index a5538f8c28..be6846d26a 100644
--- a/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp
+++ b/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ void appendIndex(MeshData& data, QVector<int>& indices, int index) {
         indices.append(newIndex);
         data.indices.insert(vertex, newIndex);
         data.extracted.newIndices.insert(vertexIndex, newIndex);
-        data.extracted.mesh.vertices.append(data.vertices.at(vertexIndex));
+        data.extracted.mesh.vertices.append(data.vertices.at(qMin(vertexIndex, data.vertices.size() - 1)));
         data.extracted.mesh.normals.append(normal);
         data.extracted.mesh.texCoords.append(vertex.texCoord);