diff --git a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/EMotionFX/Source/Actor.cpp b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/EMotionFX/Source/Actor.cpp
index 2b99f823ff..aea4668c50 100644
--- a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/EMotionFX/Source/Actor.cpp
+++ b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/EMotionFX/Source/Actor.cpp
@@ -3012,17 +3012,22 @@ namespace EMotionFX
                 jointInfo.mStack->InsertDeformer(/*deformerPosition=*/0, morphTargetDeformer);
             }
 
-            // The lod has shared buffers that combine the data from each submesh. These buffers can be accessed through the first submesh in their entirety
-            const AZ::RPI::ModelLodAsset::Mesh& sourceMesh = sourceMeshes[0];
+            // The lod has shared buffers that combine the data from each submesh. In case any of the submeshes has a
+            // morph target buffer view we can access the entire morph target buffer via the buffer asset.
             AZStd::array_view<uint8_t> morphTargetDeltaView;
-            if (const auto* bufferAssetView = sourceMesh.GetSemanticBufferAssetView(AZ::Name("MORPHTARGET_VERTEXDELTAS")))
+            for (const AZ::RPI::ModelLodAsset::Mesh& sourceMesh : sourceMeshes)
             {
-                if (const auto* bufferAsset = bufferAssetView->GetBufferAsset().Get())
+                if (const auto* bufferAssetView = sourceMesh.GetSemanticBufferAssetView(AZ::Name("MORPHTARGET_VERTEXDELTAS")))
                 {
-                    // The buffer of the view is the buffer of the whole LOD, not just the source mesh.
-                    morphTargetDeltaView = bufferAsset->GetBuffer();
+                    if (const auto* bufferAsset = bufferAssetView->GetBufferAsset().Get())
+                    {
+                        // The buffer of the view is the buffer of the whole LOD, not just the source mesh.
+                        morphTargetDeltaView = bufferAsset->GetBuffer();
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
             }
+
             AZ_Assert(morphTargetDeltaView.data(), "Unable to find MORPHTARGET_VERTEXDELTAS buffer");
             const AZ::RPI::PackedCompressedMorphTargetDelta* vertexDeltas = reinterpret_cast<const AZ::RPI::PackedCompressedMorphTargetDelta*>(morphTargetDeltaView.data());