diff --git a/AutomatedTesting/Assets/BadAssets/three_same_named_nodes.fbx b/AutomatedTesting/Assets/BadAssets/three_same_named_nodes.fbx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8eadb16d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AutomatedTesting/Assets/BadAssets/three_same_named_nodes.fbx
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:45b58009dc2f9340e08cafd5e68f142d15d77e19e7cef142933f2dff3cfb9293
+size 38352
diff --git a/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/FbxSceneBuilder/FbxImporter.cpp b/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/FbxSceneBuilder/FbxImporter.cpp
index c7f7b4ad79..4242033f8b 100644
--- a/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/FbxSceneBuilder/FbxImporter.cpp
+++ b/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/FbxSceneBuilder/FbxImporter.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ namespace AZ
                     if (!nodeNameMap.RegisterNode(node.m_node, scene.GetGraph(), node.m_parent))
                     {
                         AZ_TracePrintf(Utilities::ErrorWindow, "Failed to register asset importer node in name table.");
+                        // Skip this node since it could not be registered
+                        nodes.pop();
                         continue;
                     }
                     AZStd::string nodeName = nodeNameMap.GetNodeName(node.m_node);