diff --git a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/scene/Spatial.java b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/scene/Spatial.java
index aa4c80298..d3d2b23f8 100644
--- a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/scene/Spatial.java
+++ b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/scene/Spatial.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import com.jme3.util.SafeArrayList;
 import com.jme3.util.TempVars;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 /**
@@ -1636,9 +1637,13 @@ public abstract class Spatial implements Savable, Cloneable, Collidable, Cloneab
         controls.addAll(0, ic.readSavableArrayList("controlsList", null));
 
         // remove all controls which wasn't loaded.
-        for (Iterator<Control> iterator = controls.iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); ) {
-            final Control control = iterator.next();
-            if(control == null) iterator.remove();
+        if(controls.contains(null)) {
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "This spatial has problems with loading controls.", this);
+
+            for (Iterator<Control> iterator = controls.iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); ) {
+                final Control control = iterator.next();
+                if(control == null) iterator.remove();
+            }
         }
 
         userData = (HashMap<String, Savable>) ic.readStringSavableMap("user_data", null);