diff --git a/src/import/load-costume.js b/src/import/load-costume.js
index e2ce43345..0e94b690b 100644
--- a/src/import/load-costume.js
+++ b/src/import/load-costume.js
@@ -267,10 +267,6 @@ const loadCostume = function (md5ext, costume, runtime, optVersion) {
     const assetType = (ext === 'svg') ? AssetType.ImageVector : AssetType.ImageBitmap;
 
     const costumePromise = runtime.storage.load(assetType, md5, ext);
-    if (!costumePromise) {
-        log.error(`Couldn't fetch costume asset: ${md5ext}`);
-        return;
-    }
 
     let textLayerPromise;
     if (costume.textLayerMD5) {
@@ -280,6 +276,9 @@ const loadCostume = function (md5ext, costume, runtime, optVersion) {
     }
 
     return Promise.all([costumePromise, textLayerPromise]).then(assetArray => {
+        if (!assetArray[0]) {
+            throw new Error(`Couldn't fetch costume asset: ${md5ext}`);
+        }
         costume.asset = assetArray[0];
         if (assetArray[1]) {
             costume.textLayerAsset = assetArray[1];