diff --git a/ogre/src/OgreWireBox.cc b/ogre/src/OgreWireBox.cc
index e44c064ba..c071af58d 100644
--- a/ogre/src/OgreWireBox.cc
+++ b/ogre/src/OgreWireBox.cc
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ void OgreWireBox::Create()
       this->scene->OgreSceneManager()->createManualObject(this->name);
   }
 
+  if (this->box == math::AxisAlignedBox())
+    return;
+
   this->dataPtr->manualObject->clear();
   this->dataPtr->manualObject->setCastShadows(false);
 
@@ -169,6 +172,10 @@ void OgreWireBox::SetMaterial(MaterialPtr _material, bool _unique)
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void OgreWireBox::SetMaterialImpl(OgreMaterialPtr _material)
 {
+  if (!this->dataPtr->manualObject ||
+      this->dataPtr->manualObject->getNumSections() == 0u)
+    return;
+
   std::string materialName = _material->Name();
   Ogre::MaterialPtr ogreMaterial = _material->Material();
   this->dataPtr->manualObject->setMaterialName(0, materialName);