diff --git a/Assets/UniGLTF/Runtime/UniGLTF/IO/MeshImporter.cs b/Assets/UniGLTF/Runtime/UniGLTF/IO/MeshImporter.cs
index 00b59863b..73373a4fb 100644
--- a/Assets/UniGLTF/Runtime/UniGLTF/IO/MeshImporter.cs
+++ b/Assets/UniGLTF/Runtime/UniGLTF/IO/MeshImporter.cs
@@ -638,6 +638,8 @@ namespace UniGLTF
                 mesh.RecalculateNormals();
             }
 
+            mesh.UploadMeshData(false);
+
             return (mesh, recalculateTangents);
         }