diff --git a/src/graphics/sp/sp_texture.cpp b/src/graphics/sp/sp_texture.cpp
index 488a3696a..9364d0ae1 100644
--- a/src/graphics/sp/sp_texture.cpp
+++ b/src/graphics/sp/sp_texture.cpp
@@ -444,6 +444,8 @@ bool SPTexture::threadedLoad()
     std::shared_ptr<video::IImage> image = getTextureImage();
     if (!image)
     {
+        m_width.store(2);
+        m_height.store(2);
         return true;
     }
     std::shared_ptr<video::IImage> mask = getMask(image->getDimension());
@@ -642,12 +644,6 @@ void SPTexture::applyMask(video::IImage* texture, video::IImage* mask)
     }
 }   // applyMask
 
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-bool SPTexture::initialized() const
-{
-    return m_width.load() != 0 && m_height.load() != 0;
-}   // initialized
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void SPTexture::generateQuickMipmap(std::shared_ptr<video::IImage> first_image,
                                     const std::vector<std::pair
diff --git a/src/graphics/sp/sp_texture.hpp b/src/graphics/sp/sp_texture.hpp
index 6b24357b7..7dccbb611 100644
--- a/src/graphics/sp/sp_texture.hpp
+++ b/src/graphics/sp/sp_texture.hpp
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ public:
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     GLuint getOpenGLTextureName() const              { return m_texture_name; }
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    bool initialized() const;
+    bool initialized() const
+                        { return m_width.load() != 0 && m_height.load() != 0; }
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     unsigned getWidth() const                        { return m_width.load(); }
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------