diff --git a/src/textures/VideoTexture.js b/src/textures/VideoTexture.js
index b9b89a9ced50a6ce44a7a41d00b428d2f5e0c434..0ff166176c834b409341e502ca40930fe70003a9 100644
--- a/src/textures/VideoTexture.js
+++ b/src/textures/VideoTexture.js
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ function VideoTexture( video, mapping, wrapS, wrapT, magFilter, minFilter, forma
 
 	function update() {
 
+		var video = scope.image;
+
 		if ( video.readyState >= video.HAVE_CURRENT_DATA ) {
 
 			scope.needsUpdate = true;