diff --git a/engine/gl/gl_backend.c b/engine/gl/gl_backend.c
index 9796b879c..9c9d0cfa8 100644
--- a/engine/gl/gl_backend.c
+++ b/engine/gl/gl_backend.c
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ qboolean GLBE_BeginShadowMap(int id, int w, int h, uploadfmt_t encoding, int *re
 	if (!gl_config.ext_framebuffer_objects)
 		return false;
 
-	if (!TEXVALID(shadowmap[id]) || shadowmap[id]->width != w || shadowmap[id]->height != h || shadowmap[id]->format != encoding)
+	if (!TEXVALID(shadowmap[id]) || shadowmap[id]->width != w || shadowmap[id]->height != h || shadowmap[id]->format != encoding || shadowmap[id]->status != TEX_LOADED)
 	{
 		texid_t tex;
 		if (shadowmap[id])