diff --git a/cocos/2d/CCTMXTiledMap.cpp b/cocos/2d/CCTMXTiledMap.cpp
index d5a3d842e8..773cf01d24 100644
--- a/cocos/2d/CCTMXTiledMap.cpp
+++ b/cocos/2d/CCTMXTiledMap.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ TMXTiledMap::~TMXTiledMap()
 TMXLayer * TMXTiledMap::parseLayer(TMXLayerInfo *layerInfo, TMXMapInfo *mapInfo)
 {
     TMXTilesetInfo *tileset = tilesetForLayer(layerInfo, mapInfo);
+    if (tileset == nullptr)
+        return nullptr;
+    
     TMXLayer *layer = TMXLayer::create(tileset, layerInfo, mapInfo);
 
     // tell the layerinfo to release the ownership of the tiles map.
@@ -171,9 +174,12 @@ void TMXTiledMap::buildWithMapInfo(TMXMapInfo* mapInfo)
 
     auto& layers = mapInfo->getLayers();
     for(const auto &layerInfo : layers) {
-        if (layerInfo->_visible)
-        {
+        if (layerInfo->_visible) {
             TMXLayer *child = parseLayer(layerInfo, mapInfo);
+            if (child == nullptr) {
+                idx++;
+                continue;
+            }
             addChild(child, idx, idx);
             
             // update content size with the max size