diff --git a/indra/newview/llgltfmateriallist.cpp b/indra/newview/llgltfmateriallist.cpp
index d305f1fb6415c42190b2adda5d8a20c2d5b552d5..f79591171634bd7df72df8d461cc4c68a899d099 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llgltfmateriallist.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llgltfmateriallist.cpp
@@ -375,8 +375,14 @@ void LLGLTFMaterialList::applyQueuedOverrides(LLViewerObject* obj)
         {
             if (overrides[i].notNull())
             {
-                if (!obj->getTE(i) || !obj->getTE(i)->getGLTFMaterial())
-                { // object doesn't have its base GLTF material yet, don't apply override (yet)
+                if (!obj->getTE(i))
+                { // object is incomplete
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                if (!obj->getTE(i)->getGLTFMaterial())
+                {
+                    // doesn't have its base GLTF material yet, don't apply override(yet)
                     return;
                 }
 
@@ -386,6 +392,7 @@ void LLGLTFMaterialList::applyQueuedOverrides(LLViewerObject* obj)
                     // can't apply this yet, since failure to change the material override
                     // probably means the base material is still being fetched.  leave in
                     // the queue for later
+                    //obj->setDebugText("early out 3");
                     return;
                 }
 
diff --git a/indra/newview/llviewerobject.cpp b/indra/newview/llviewerobject.cpp
index 54af3bfd76fbb9c14711401d5fdc8266b65797be..e7abf1031f44edd001fd3361b64c3354ecb594e9 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llviewerobject.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llviewerobject.cpp
@@ -5026,6 +5026,18 @@ void LLViewerObject::updateTEMaterialTextures(U8 te)
     if (mat == nullptr && mat_id.notNull())
     {
         mat = (LLFetchedGLTFMaterial*) gGLTFMaterialList.getMaterial(mat_id);
+        if (mat->isFetching())
+        { // material is not loaded yet, rebuild draw info when the object finishes loading
+            LLUUID id = getID();
+            mat->onMaterialComplete([=]
+                {
+                    LLViewerObject* obj = gObjectList.findObject(id);
+                    if (obj)
+                    {
+                        obj->markForUpdate(FALSE);
+                    }
+                });
+        }
         getTE(te)->setGLTFMaterial(mat);
     }
     else if (mat_id.isNull() && mat != nullptr)
@@ -5460,6 +5472,7 @@ S32 LLViewerObject::setTEGLTFMaterialOverride(U8 te, LLGLTFMaterial* override_ma
         render_mat->applyOverride(*override_mat);
         tep->setGLTFRenderMaterial(render_mat);
         retval = TEM_CHANGE_TEXTURE;
+
     }
     else if (tep->setGLTFRenderMaterial(nullptr))
     {