diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/ColladaLoader.js b/examples/js/loaders/ColladaLoader.js
index 5a4c59878f959a67ed88993ee89572cbcca75b3f..b81b8a993741796a365a0716fea882f54daf6117 100644
--- a/examples/js/loaders/ColladaLoader.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/ColladaLoader.js
@@ -3676,13 +3676,8 @@ THREE.ColladaLoader = function () {
 									} else {
 
 										texture = new THREE.Texture();
-										loader = new THREE.ImageLoader();
-										loader.load( url, function ( image ) {
 
-											texture.image = image;
-											texture.needsUpdate = true;
-
-										} );
+										loadTextureImage( texture, url );
 
 									}
 
@@ -5154,6 +5149,19 @@ THREE.ColladaLoader = function () {
 
 	};
 
+	function loadTextureImage ( texture, url ) {
+
+		loader = new THREE.ImageLoader();
+
+		loader.load( url, function ( image ) {
+
+			texture.image = image;
+			texture.needsUpdate = true;
+
+		} );
+
+	};
+
 	function extractDoubleSided( obj, element ) {
 
 		obj.doubleSided = false;