diff --git a/android/core/src/processing/core/PGraphicsAndroid3D.java b/android/core/src/processing/core/PGraphicsAndroid3D.java
index 48f54047f..342ed261c 100644
--- a/android/core/src/processing/core/PGraphicsAndroid3D.java
+++ b/android/core/src/processing/core/PGraphicsAndroid3D.java
@@ -2331,7 +2331,7 @@ public class PGraphicsAndroid3D extends PGraphics {
 
       PImage[] images = faceTextures[j];
       if (1 < numMultitextures) {
-        for (int t = 0; t < numMultitextures; t++) 
+        for (int t = 0; t < numMultitextures; t++) {
           if (images[t] != null) {
             PTexture tex = images[t].getTexture();
             if (tex != null) {
@@ -2341,8 +2341,10 @@ public class PGraphicsAndroid3D extends PGraphics {
               renderTextures[numTextures] = tex;
               numTextures++;
             } else {
-              // Null PTexture field in A3D? no good!
-              throw new RuntimeException("A3D: missing image texture");  
+              // Null PTexture field in A3D. It can happen and things still ok
+              // when, for example, a PImage is being loaded asynchronously and
+              // used for drawing in the meantime...
+              break; 
             }
           } else {
             // If there is a null texture image at some point in the
@@ -2351,6 +2353,7 @@ public class PGraphicsAndroid3D extends PGraphics {
             // the user, anyways.
             break;            
           }
+        }
       } else if (images[0] != null) {
         PTexture tex = images[0].getTexture();      
         if (tex != null) {
@@ -2359,9 +2362,6 @@ public class PGraphicsAndroid3D extends PGraphics {
           gl.glBindTexture(tex.getGLTarget(), tex.getGLID());   
           renderTextures[0] = tex;
           numTextures = 1;
-        } else {
-          // Null PTexture field in A3D? no good!
-          throw new RuntimeException("A3D: missing image texture");
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/android/core/src/processing/core/PImage.java b/android/core/src/processing/core/PImage.java
index a6669a4c4..161eacc01 100644
--- a/android/core/src/processing/core/PImage.java
+++ b/android/core/src/processing/core/PImage.java
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ public class PImage implements PConstants, Cloneable {
   
   
   public void loadTexture() {
+    if (width == 0 || height == 0) return;
     if (texture == null) {
       texture = new PTexture(parent, width, height, new PTexture.Parameters(format));
     }
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ public class PImage implements PConstants, Cloneable {
   
 
   public void loadTexture(int filter) {
+    if (width == 0 || height == 0) return;
     if (texture == null) {
       texture = new PTexture(parent, width, height, new PTexture.Parameters(format, filter));
     }
@@ -222,6 +224,7 @@ public class PImage implements PConstants, Cloneable {
 
 
   public void loadTexture(PTexture.Parameters params) {
+    if (width == 0 || height == 0) return;
     if (texture == null) { 
       texture = new PTexture(parent, width, height, params);
     }
@@ -265,6 +268,7 @@ public class PImage implements PConstants, Cloneable {
 
   
   protected void reloadTexture() {
+    if (width == 0 || height == 0) return;
     if (texture != null) {
       texture = new PTexture(parent, width, height, texture.getParameters());
     }
@@ -345,7 +349,7 @@ public class PImage implements PConstants, Cloneable {
     if (bitmap != null) {
       bitmap.getPixels(pixels, 0, width, 0, 0, width, height); 
     }
-    if (parent.g.is3D()) {
+    if (parent.g.is3D() && 0 < width && 0 < height) {
       if (texture == null) {
         texture = new PTexture(parent, width, height, new PTexture.Parameters(format));
       }      
diff --git a/android/core/src/processing/core/PShape3D.java b/android/core/src/processing/core/PShape3D.java
index 4b36e2a36..82e2c682e 100644
--- a/android/core/src/processing/core/PShape3D.java
+++ b/android/core/src/processing/core/PShape3D.java
@@ -1719,8 +1719,10 @@ public class PShape3D extends PShape implements PConstants {
           renderTextures[numTextures] = tex;
           numTextures++;
         } else {
-          // Null PTexture field in A3D? no good!
-          throw new RuntimeException("A3D: missing image texture");  
+          // Null PTexture field in A3D. It can happen and things still ok
+          // when, for example, a PImage is being loaded asynchronously and
+          // used for drawing in the meantime...
+          break;  
         }
       } else {
         break;