diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Animation.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Animation.cs
index 832a5fc905..da9bb2a120 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Animation.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Animation.cs
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 
 		public void ReplaceAnim(string sequenceName)
 		{
+			if (!HasSequence(sequenceName))
+				return;
+
 			CurrentSequence = SequenceProvider.GetSequence(name, sequenceName);
 			frame %= CurrentSequence.Length;
 		}