diff --git a/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp b/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
index 7d62d1ef1..e77e6b34f 100644
--- a/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
+++ b/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
@@ -591,7 +591,10 @@ namespace NifOsg
             {
                 bool hasVisController = false;
                 for (Nif::ControllerPtr ctrl = nifNode->controller; !ctrl.empty(); ctrl = ctrl->next)
-                    hasVisController = (ctrl->recType == Nif::RC_NiVisController);
+                {
+                    if (hasVisController |= (ctrl->recType == Nif::RC_NiVisController))
+                        break;
+                }
 
                 if (!hasVisController)
                     skipMeshes = true; // skip child meshes, but still create the child node hierarchy for animating collision shapes