diff --git a/indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp b/indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp
index 0aaed3e286768ac9495ddc496a0d5517bc1985cc..117507ef39307ca7dcc2dbf4d661cdd75fbaa1fd 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp
@@ -4034,6 +4034,11 @@ void LLMeshRepository::uploadError(LLSD& args)
 //static
 F32 LLMeshRepository::getStreamingCost(LLSD& header, F32 radius, S32* bytes, S32* bytes_visible, S32 lod, F32 *unscaled_value)
 {
+	if (header.size() == 0)
+	{
+		return 0.f;
+	}
+
 	F32 max_distance = 512.f;
 
 	F32 dlowest = llmin(radius/0.03f, max_distance);