diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/core/svgitem.cpp b/src/declarativeimports/core/svgitem.cpp
index 4ec6d5a06..eccff55a4 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/core/svgitem.cpp
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/core/svgitem.cpp
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ QSGNode *SvgItem::updatePaintNode(QSGNode *oldNode, UpdatePaintNodeData *updateP
         return Q_NULLPTR;
     }
 
+    //this is more than just an optimisation, uploading a null image to QSGAtlasTexture causes a crash
+    if (width() == 0 || height() == 0) {
+        delete oldNode;
+        return Q_NULLPTR;
+    }
+
     SVGTextureNode *textureNode = static_cast<SVGTextureNode *>(oldNode);
     if (!textureNode) {
         textureNode = new SVGTextureNode;
@@ -152,6 +158,7 @@ QSGNode *SvgItem::updatePaintNode(QSGNode *oldNode, UpdatePaintNodeData *updateP
         //setContainsMultipleImages has to be done there since m_frameSvg can be shared with somebody else
         m_svg.data()->setContainsMultipleImages(!m_elementID.isEmpty());
         const QImage image = m_svg.data()->image(QSize(width(), height()), m_elementID);
+
         QSGTexture *texture = window()->createTextureFromImage(image, QQuickWindow::TextureCanUseAtlas);
         if (m_smooth) {
             texture->setFiltering(QSGTexture::Linear);