diff --git a/code/ColladaLoader.cpp b/code/ColladaLoader.cpp
index c40d3b8f2..7e4704b8f 100644
--- a/code/ColladaLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/ColladaLoader.cpp
@@ -521,7 +521,10 @@ void ColladaLoader::BuildMeshesForNode( const ColladaParser& pParser, const Coll
 
 				// assign the material index
 				dstMesh->mMaterialIndex = matIdx;
-        dstMesh->mName = mid.mMeshOrController;			
+                if(dstMesh->mName.length == 0)
+                {
+                    dstMesh->mName = mid.mMeshOrController;
+                }
       }
 		}
 	}