diff --git a/scene/resources/importer_mesh.cpp b/scene/resources/importer_mesh.cpp
index a65a75d87896..a3d6b803cf0c 100644
--- a/scene/resources/importer_mesh.cpp
+++ b/scene/resources/importer_mesh.cpp
@@ -506,6 +506,10 @@ void ImporterMesh::generate_lods(float p_normal_merge_angle, float p_normal_spli
 					const Vector3 &v2 = vertices_ptr[new_indices_ptr[j + 2]];
 					Vector3 face_normal = vec3_cross(v0 - v2, v0 - v1);
 					float face_area = face_normal.length(); // Actually twice the face area, since it's the same error_factor on all faces, we don't care
+					if (!Math::is_finite(face_area) || face_area == 0) {
+						WARN_PRINT_ONCE("Ignoring face with non-finite normal in LOD generation.");
+						continue;
+					}
 
 					Vector3 dir = face_normal / face_area;
 					int ray_count = CLAMP(5.0 * face_area * error_factor, 16, 64);