diff --git a/indra/newview/llfetchedgltfmaterial.cpp b/indra/newview/llfetchedgltfmaterial.cpp
index 97b959e5cbb86a69f6c0e645baed3a38d35e63fb..1ca7ffaec1cb5dd526a00838f379e7aff89c73b9 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llfetchedgltfmaterial.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llfetchedgltfmaterial.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,14 @@ void LLFetchedGLTFMaterial::bind(LLViewerTexture* media_tex)
         {
             // dividing the alpha cutoff by transparency here allows the shader to compare against
             // the alpha value of the texture without needing the transparency value
-            min_alpha = mAlphaCutoff/mBaseColor.mV[3];
+            if (mBaseColor.mV[3] > 0.f)
+            {
+                min_alpha = mAlphaCutoff / mBaseColor.mV[3];
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                min_alpha = 1024.f;
+            }
         }
         shader->uniform1f(LLShaderMgr::MINIMUM_ALPHA, min_alpha);
     }