diff --git a/src/libprojectM/Renderer/TextureSamplerDescriptor.cpp b/src/libprojectM/Renderer/TextureSamplerDescriptor.cpp
index d93567792..5177a844c 100644
--- a/src/libprojectM/Renderer/TextureSamplerDescriptor.cpp
+++ b/src/libprojectM/Renderer/TextureSamplerDescriptor.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ TextureSamplerDescriptor::TextureSamplerDescriptor(const std::shared_ptr<class T
 
 auto TextureSamplerDescriptor::Empty() const -> bool
 {
-    return m_texture->Empty();
+    return !m_texture || m_texture->Empty();
 }
 
 void TextureSamplerDescriptor::Bind(GLint unit, const Shader& shader) const