diff --git a/Assets/UniGLTF/Runtime/UniGLTF/IO/MeshImporter.cs b/Assets/UniGLTF/Runtime/UniGLTF/IO/MeshImporter.cs
index cc2667b45..fda28c4c0 100644
--- a/Assets/UniGLTF/Runtime/UniGLTF/IO/MeshImporter.cs
+++ b/Assets/UniGLTF/Runtime/UniGLTF/IO/MeshImporter.cs
@@ -593,6 +593,8 @@ namespace UniGLTF
                 mesh.RecalculateNormals();
             }
 
+            mesh.UploadMeshData(false);
+
             return (mesh, recalculateTangents);
         }