diff --git a/code/ObjExporter.cpp b/code/ObjExporter.cpp
index d51097699..e309faf79 100644
--- a/code/ObjExporter.cpp
+++ b/code/ObjExporter.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ std::string ObjExporter::GetMaterialLibFileName() {
     // Remove existing .obj file extention so that the final material file name will be fileName.mtl and not fileName.obj.mtl
     size_t lastdot = filename.find_last_of('.');
     if (lastdot != std::string::npos)
-        filename = filename.substr(0, lastdot);
+        return filename.substr(0, lastdot) + MaterialExt;
 
     return filename + MaterialExt;
 }