diff --git a/src/loaders/FileLoader.js b/src/loaders/FileLoader.js
index bdb7cf0b3421555b7bc7efda6d15585034a84e03..97cfa64e5d86590296bfa8f6966b4c4e6850462e 100644
--- a/src/loaders/FileLoader.js
+++ b/src/loaders/FileLoader.js
@@ -184,11 +184,6 @@ Object.assign( FileLoader.prototype, {
 			if ( this.responseType !== undefined ) request.responseType = this.responseType;
 			if ( this.withCredentials !== undefined ) request.withCredentials = this.withCredentials;
 
-			// Setting 'text/plain' as the MIME type for SVG files will cause a
-			// problem when the ImageLoader tries to use it as the src of an image,
-			// so explicitly set the SVG MIME type.
-			if ( /\.svg$/.test( url ) ) this.mimeType = 'image/svg+xml';
-
 			if ( request.overrideMimeType ) request.overrideMimeType( this.mimeType !== undefined ? this.mimeType : 'text/plain' );
 
 			request.send( null );
diff --git a/src/loaders/ImageLoader.js b/src/loaders/ImageLoader.js
index 0ae1a878c32d5b4fccb149a6ee7267189c9c9aa0..b323dad589742648d5d854734865f4fbba5a955d 100644
--- a/src/loaders/ImageLoader.js
+++ b/src/loaders/ImageLoader.js
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ Object.assign( ImageLoader.prototype, {
 			loader.setPath( this.path );
 			loader.setResponseType( 'blob' );
 			loader.setWithCredentials( this.withCredentials );
+
+			// By default the FileLoader requests files to be loaded with a MIME
+			// type of `text/plain`. Using `URL.createObjectURL()` with SVGs that
+			// have a MIME type of `text/plain` results in an error, so explicitly
+			// set the SVG MIME type.
+			if ( /\.svg$/.test( url ) ) loader.setMimeType( 'image/svg+xml' );
+
 			loader.load( url, function ( blob ) {
 
 				image.src = URL.createObjectURL( blob );