diff --git a/source/gameengine/Converter/BL_BlenderDataConversion.cpp b/source/gameengine/Converter/BL_BlenderDataConversion.cpp
index ea5638a6009..a271ae14539 100644
--- a/source/gameengine/Converter/BL_BlenderDataConversion.cpp
+++ b/source/gameengine/Converter/BL_BlenderDataConversion.cpp
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ BL_Material* ConvertMaterial(
 	GetRGB(type,mface,mmcol,mat,rgb[0],rgb[1],rgb[2], rgb[3]);
 
 	// swap the material color, so MCol on TF_BMFONT works
-	if (validmat && type==1 && tface->mode & TF_BMFONT)
+	if (validmat && type==1 && (tface && tface->mode & TF_BMFONT))
 	{
 		rgb[0] = KX_rgbaint2uint_new(rgb[0]);
 		rgb[1] = KX_rgbaint2uint_new(rgb[1]);