diff --git a/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/Water/W3DWater.cpp b/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/Water/W3DWater.cpp
index 32c1eee474..be615acde7 100644
--- a/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/Water/W3DWater.cpp
+++ b/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/Water/W3DWater.cpp
@@ -964,12 +964,15 @@ void WaterRenderObjClass::ReAcquireResources(void)
 	if (m_whiteTexture && !m_whiteTexture->Is_Initialized())
 	{	m_whiteTexture->Init();
 		SurfaceClass *surface=m_whiteTexture->Get_Surface_Level();
-		int pitch;
-		void *pBits = surface->Lock(&pitch);
-		const unsigned int bytesPerPixel = surface->Get_Bytes_Per_Pixel();
-		surface->Draw_Pixel(0, 0, 0xffffffff, bytesPerPixel, pBits, pitch);
-		surface->Unlock();
-		REF_PTR_RELEASE(surface);
+		if (surface)
+		{
+			int pitch;
+			void *pBits = surface->Lock(&pitch);
+			const unsigned int bytesPerPixel = surface->Get_Bytes_Per_Pixel();
+			surface->Draw_Pixel(0, 0, 0xffffffff, bytesPerPixel, pBits, pitch);
+			surface->Unlock();
+			REF_PTR_RELEASE(surface);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1114,12 +1117,15 @@ Int WaterRenderObjClass::init(Real waterLevel, Real dx, Real dy, SceneClass *par
 	//For some reason setting a null texture does not result in 0xffffffff for pixel shaders so using explicit "white" texture.
 	m_whiteTexture=MSGNEW("TextureClass") TextureClass(1,1,WW3D_FORMAT_A4R4G4B4,MIP_LEVELS_1);
 	SurfaceClass *surface=m_whiteTexture->Get_Surface_Level();
-	int pitch;
-	void *pBits = surface->Lock(&pitch);
-	const unsigned int bytesPerPixel = surface->Get_Bytes_Per_Pixel();
-	surface->Draw_Pixel(0, 0, 0xffffffff, bytesPerPixel, pBits, pitch);
-	surface->Unlock();
-	REF_PTR_RELEASE(surface);
+	if (surface)
+	{
+		int pitch;
+		void *pBits = surface->Lock(&pitch);
+		const unsigned int bytesPerPixel = surface->Get_Bytes_Per_Pixel();
+		surface->Draw_Pixel(0, 0, 0xffffffff, bytesPerPixel, pBits, pitch);
+		surface->Unlock();
+		REF_PTR_RELEASE(surface);
+	}
 
 	m_waterNoiseTexture=WW3DAssetManager::Get_Instance()->Get_Texture("Noise0000.tga");
 	m_riverAlphaEdge=WW3DAssetManager::Get_Instance()->Get_Texture("TWAlphaEdge.tga");