diff --git a/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/SceneBuilder/Importers/AssImpBoneImporter.cpp b/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/SceneBuilder/Importers/AssImpBoneImporter.cpp
index eeddf4a0b3..a42870c426 100644
--- a/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/SceneBuilder/Importers/AssImpBoneImporter.cpp
+++ b/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/SceneBuilder/Importers/AssImpBoneImporter.cpp
@@ -103,10 +103,6 @@ namespace AZ
                     }
                 }
 
-                if(!isBone)
-                {
-                    return Events::ProcessingResult::Ignored;
-                }
 
                 // If the current scene node (our eventual parent) contains bone data, we are not a root bone
                 AZStd::shared_ptr<SceneData::GraphData::BoneData> createdBoneData;
diff --git a/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/SceneBuilder/Importers/AssImpImporterUtilities.cpp b/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/SceneBuilder/Importers/AssImpImporterUtilities.cpp
index 81feff7d69..d416324240 100644
--- a/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/SceneBuilder/Importers/AssImpImporterUtilities.cpp
+++ b/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/SceneBuilder/Importers/AssImpImporterUtilities.cpp
@@ -135,18 +135,13 @@ namespace AZ
                 const aiBone* bone = FindFirstBoneByNodeName(node, boneByNameMap);
                 if (bone)
                 {
-                    const DataTypes::MatrixType inverseOffsetMatrix = AssImpSDKWrapper::AssImpTypeConverter::ToTransform(bone->mOffsetMatrix).GetInverseFull();
-
                     const aiBone* parentBone = FindFirstBoneByNodeName(node->mParent, boneByNameMap);
                     if (parentBone)
                     {
+                        DataTypes::MatrixType inverseOffsetMatrix = AssImpSDKWrapper::AssImpTypeConverter::ToTransform(bone->mOffsetMatrix).GetInverseFull();
                         const DataTypes::MatrixType parentBoneOffsetMatrix = AssImpSDKWrapper::AssImpTypeConverter::ToTransform(parentBone->mOffsetMatrix);
                         return parentBoneOffsetMatrix * inverseOffsetMatrix;
                     }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        return inverseOffsetMatrix;
-                    }
                 }
 
                 return AssImpSDKWrapper::AssImpTypeConverter::ToTransform(GetConcatenatedLocalTransform(node));