diff --git a/plugins/image/image.h b/plugins/image/image.h
index c6a054f..5351390 100644
--- a/plugins/image/image.h
+++ b/plugins/image/image.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ extern _QERFileSystemTable g_FileSystemTable;
 void LoadJPG( const char *filename, unsigned char **pic, int *width, int *height );
 
 #define Error g_FuncTable.m_pfnError
+#define vfsGetFileCount g_FileSystemTable.m_pfnGetFileCount
 #define vfsLoadFile g_FileSystemTable.m_pfnLoadFile
 #define vfsFreeFile g_FileSystemTable.m_pfnFreeFile
 
diff --git a/plugins/image/lbmlib.cpp b/plugins/image/lbmlib.cpp
index e4d54e1..7ad1311 100644
--- a/plugins/image/lbmlib.cpp
+++ b/plugins/image/lbmlib.cpp
@@ -743,6 +743,10 @@ void LoadImage( const char *name, byte ** pic, int *width, int *height ){
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if ( vfsGetFileCount( name, 0 ) == 0 ) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if ( !g_ascii_strcasecmp( name + len - 4, ".tga" ) ) {
 		LoadTGA( name, pic, width, height );
 	}