diff --git a/indra/newview/llviewermedia.cpp b/indra/newview/llviewermedia.cpp
index 969f0a35949a3a2ba0cd7614d39dac97126d8be3..f672781f48045c1b3b3150e3fd5dd84e430fdb5b 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llviewermedia.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llviewermedia.cpp
@@ -2965,15 +2965,12 @@ void LLViewerMediaImpl::doMediaTexUpdate(LLViewerMediaTexture* media_tex, U8* da
     LL_PROFILE_ZONE_SCOPED_CATEGORY_MEDIA;
     LLMutexLock lock(&mLock); // don't allow media source tear-down during update
 
-    const LLGLuint tex_name = media_tex->getGLTexture() ? media_tex->getGLTexture()->getTexName() : (LLGLuint)0;
-    if (!tex_name)
-    {
-        llassert(false);
-        return;
-    }
-
     // wrap "data" in an LLImageRaw but do NOT make a copy
     LLPointer<LLImageRaw> raw = new LLImageRaw(data, media_tex->getWidth(), media_tex->getHeight(), media_tex->getComponents(), true);
+        
+    // Allocate GL texture based on LLImageRaw but do NOT copy to GL
+    LLGLuint tex_name = 0;
+    media_tex->createGLTexture(0, raw, 0, TRUE, LLGLTexture::OTHER, true, &tex_name);
 
     // copy just the subimage covered by the image raw to GL
     media_tex->setSubImage(data, data_width, data_height, x_pos, y_pos, width, height, tex_name);