diff --git a/OgreMain/include/OgreTextureUnitState.h b/OgreMain/include/OgreTextureUnitState.h
index 8caf0af4935..90f147040eb 100644
--- a/OgreMain/include/OgreTextureUnitState.h
+++ b/OgreMain/include/OgreTextureUnitState.h
@@ -947,6 +947,10 @@ namespace Ogre {
         */
         void setProjectiveTexturing(bool enabled, const Frustum* projectionSettings = 0);
 
+        /** Gets the Frustum which is being used to derive projective texturing parameters.
+        */
+        const Frustum* getProjectiveTexturingFrustum(void) const;
+
         /** Removes all effects applied to this texture layer.
         */
         void removeAllEffects(void);
diff --git a/OgreMain/src/OgreRenderSystem.cpp b/OgreMain/src/OgreRenderSystem.cpp
index ad0349ff2c4..0dd3148d695 100644
--- a/OgreMain/src/OgreRenderSystem.cpp
+++ b/OgreMain/src/OgreRenderSystem.cpp
@@ -444,8 +444,7 @@ namespace Ogre {
         auto calcMode = tl._deriveTexCoordCalcMethod();
         if(calcMode == TEXCALC_PROJECTIVE_TEXTURE)
         {
-            auto frustum = tl.getEffects().find(TextureUnitState::ET_PROJECTIVE_TEXTURE)->second.frustum;
-            _setTextureCoordCalculation(texUnit, calcMode, frustum);
+            _setTextureCoordCalculation(texUnit, calcMode, tl.getProjectiveTexturingFrustum());
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/OgreMain/src/OgreSceneManager.cpp b/OgreMain/src/OgreSceneManager.cpp
index 7b4c0ceb5fd..71fa31da977 100644
--- a/OgreMain/src/OgreSceneManager.cpp
+++ b/OgreMain/src/OgreSceneManager.cpp
@@ -812,10 +812,9 @@ const Pass* SceneManager::_setPass(const Pass* pass, bool shadowDerivation)
         {
             // Manually set texture projector for shaders if present
             // This won't get set any other way if using manual projection
-            auto effi = pTex->getEffects().find(TextureUnitState::ET_PROJECTIVE_TEXTURE);
-            if (effi != pTex->getEffects().end())
+            if (auto frustum = pTex->getProjectiveTexturingFrustum())
             {
-                mAutoParamDataSource->setTextureProjector(effi->second.frustum, unit);
+                mAutoParamDataSource->setTextureProjector(frustum, unit);
             }
         }
         if (pTex->getContentType() == TextureUnitState::CONTENT_COMPOSITOR)
diff --git a/OgreMain/src/OgreTextureUnitState.cpp b/OgreMain/src/OgreTextureUnitState.cpp
index 37bda7b4d07..c7981e552e7 100644
--- a/OgreMain/src/OgreTextureUnitState.cpp
+++ b/OgreMain/src/OgreTextureUnitState.cpp
@@ -1170,6 +1170,16 @@ namespace Ogre {
         }
 
     }
+    const Frustum* TextureUnitState::getProjectiveTexturingFrustum() const
+    {
+        EffectMap::const_iterator i = mEffects.find(ET_PROJECTIVE_TEXTURE);
+        if (i != mEffects.end())
+        {
+            return i->second.frustum;
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+    }
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     void TextureUnitState::setName(const String& name)
     {