diff --git a/code/PostProcessing/TriangulateProcess.cpp b/code/PostProcessing/TriangulateProcess.cpp
index bc3db799e..6cc6def4f 100644
--- a/code/PostProcessing/TriangulateProcess.cpp
+++ b/code/PostProcessing/TriangulateProcess.cpp
@@ -289,7 +289,8 @@ bool TriangulateProcess::TriangulateMesh( aiMesh* pMesh)
             nface.mNumIndices = face.mNumIndices;
             nface.mIndices    = face.mIndices;
             face.mIndices = nullptr;
-            ngonEncoder.ngonEncodeTriangle(&nface);
+
+            if (nface.mNumIndices == 3) ngonEncoder.ngonEncodeTriangle(&nface);
             continue;
         }
         // optimized code for quadrilaterals