diff --git a/indra/newview/llface.cpp b/indra/newview/llface.cpp
index d1e2b8b93d01deb35e0a7c76d1afd4a2143f610b..d0c26bc43ba1a6bcc9365ba604421b987682cb36 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llface.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llface.cpp
@@ -2377,7 +2377,7 @@ BOOL LLFace::calcPixelArea(F32& cos_angle_to_view_dir, F32& radius)
     {
         //override with avatar bounding box
         LLVOAvatar* avatar = mVObjp->getAvatar();
-        if (avatar)
+        if (avatar && avatar->mDrawable)
         {
             center.load3(avatar->getPositionAgent().mV);
             const LLVector4a* exts = avatar->mDrawable->getSpatialExtents();