diff --git a/components/sceneutil/skeleton.cpp b/components/sceneutil/skeleton.cpp
index 332dc3b07..d1299c058 100644
--- a/components/sceneutil/skeleton.cpp
+++ b/components/sceneutil/skeleton.cpp
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ void Bone::update(const osg::Matrixf* parentMatrixInSkeletonSpace)
     if (!mNode)
     {
         std::cerr << "Bone without node " << std::endl;
+        return;
     }
     if (parentMatrixInSkeletonSpace)
         mMatrixInSkeletonSpace = mNode->getMatrix() * (*parentMatrixInSkeletonSpace);