diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/OBJLoader.js b/examples/js/loaders/OBJLoader.js
index 4149b5c4982636c5e3d27fee6bdc2f74be1c4de8..cfe309a7789e3504c1e5a24d0ec6e918b963dfe8 100644
--- a/examples/js/loaders/OBJLoader.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/OBJLoader.js
@@ -286,19 +286,17 @@ THREE.OBJLoader = ( function () {
 
 				this.addVertex( ia, ib, ic );
 
-				if ( ua !== undefined ) {
+				if ( ua !== undefined && ua !== '' ) {
 
 					var uvLen = this.uvs.length;
-
 					ia = this.parseUVIndex( ua, uvLen );
 					ib = this.parseUVIndex( ub, uvLen );
 					ic = this.parseUVIndex( uc, uvLen );
-
 					this.addUV( ia, ib, ic );
 
 				}
 
-				if ( na !== undefined ) {
+				if ( na !== undefined && na !== '' ) {
 
 					// Normals are many times the same. If so, skip function call and parseInt.
 					var nLen = this.normals.length;