diff --git a/scene/resources/texture.cpp b/scene/resources/texture.cpp
index 2ea55843ad..4ad5f2a506 100644
--- a/scene/resources/texture.cpp
+++ b/scene/resources/texture.cpp
@@ -2587,7 +2587,10 @@ RID CameraTexture::get_rid() const {
 	if (feed.is_valid()) {
 		return feed->get_texture(which_feed);
 	} else {
-		return RID();
+		if (_texture.is_null()) {
+			_texture = RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_2d_placeholder_create();
+		}
+		return _texture;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2643,5 +2646,7 @@ bool CameraTexture::get_camera_active() const {
 CameraTexture::CameraTexture() {}
 
 CameraTexture::~CameraTexture() {
-	// nothing to do here yet
+	if (_texture.is_valid()) {
+		RenderingServer::get_singleton()->free(_texture);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/scene/resources/texture.h b/scene/resources/texture.h
index 98aa61138d..2e97c2deb1 100644
--- a/scene/resources/texture.h
+++ b/scene/resources/texture.h
@@ -812,6 +812,7 @@ class CameraTexture : public Texture2D {
 	GDCLASS(CameraTexture, Texture2D);
 
 private:
+	mutable RID _texture;
 	int camera_feed_id = 0;
 	CameraServer::FeedImage which_feed = CameraServer::FEED_RGBA_IMAGE;
 
diff --git a/servers/camera/camera_feed.cpp b/servers/camera/camera_feed.cpp
index 13afc803e4..9f8e8a8106 100644
--- a/servers/camera/camera_feed.cpp
+++ b/servers/camera/camera_feed.cpp
@@ -138,11 +138,15 @@ RID CameraFeed::get_texture(CameraServer::FeedImage p_which) {
 CameraFeed::CameraFeed() {
 	// initialize our feed
 	id = CameraServer::get_singleton()->get_free_id();
+	base_width = 0;
+	base_height = 0;
 	name = "???";
 	active = false;
 	datatype = CameraFeed::FEED_RGB;
 	position = CameraFeed::FEED_UNSPECIFIED;
 	transform = Transform2D(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0, 0.0, 1.0);
+	texture[CameraServer::FEED_Y_IMAGE] = RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_2d_placeholder_create();
+	texture[CameraServer::FEED_CBCR_IMAGE] = RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_2d_placeholder_create();
 }
 
 CameraFeed::CameraFeed(String p_name, FeedPosition p_position) {
@@ -155,16 +159,14 @@ CameraFeed::CameraFeed(String p_name, FeedPosition p_position) {
 	datatype = CameraFeed::FEED_NOIMAGE;
 	position = p_position;
 	transform = Transform2D(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0, 0.0, 1.0);
+	texture[CameraServer::FEED_Y_IMAGE] = RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_2d_placeholder_create();
+	texture[CameraServer::FEED_CBCR_IMAGE] = RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_2d_placeholder_create();
 }
 
 CameraFeed::~CameraFeed() {
 	// Free our textures
-	if (texture[CameraServer::FEED_Y_IMAGE].is_valid()) {
-		RenderingServer::get_singleton()->free(texture[CameraServer::FEED_Y_IMAGE]);
-	}
-	if (texture[CameraServer::FEED_CBCR_IMAGE].is_valid()) {
-		RenderingServer::get_singleton()->free(texture[CameraServer::FEED_CBCR_IMAGE]);
-	}
+	RenderingServer::get_singleton()->free(texture[CameraServer::FEED_Y_IMAGE]);
+	RenderingServer::get_singleton()->free(texture[CameraServer::FEED_CBCR_IMAGE]);
 }
 
 void CameraFeed::set_RGB_img(const Ref<Image> &p_rgb_img) {
@@ -177,12 +179,9 @@ void CameraFeed::set_RGB_img(const Ref<Image> &p_rgb_img) {
 			// We're assuming here that our camera image doesn't change around formats etc, allocate the whole lot...
 			base_width = new_width;
 			base_height = new_height;
-			if (texture[CameraServer::FEED_RGBA_IMAGE].is_null()) {
-				texture[CameraServer::FEED_RGBA_IMAGE] = RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_2d_create(p_rgb_img);
-			} else {
-				RID new_texture = RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_2d_create(p_rgb_img);
-				RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_replace(texture[CameraServer::FEED_RGBA_IMAGE], new_texture);
-			}
+
+			RID new_texture = RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_2d_create(p_rgb_img);
+			RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_replace(texture[CameraServer::FEED_RGBA_IMAGE], new_texture);
 		} else {
 			RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_2d_update(texture[CameraServer::FEED_RGBA_IMAGE], p_rgb_img);
 		}
@@ -201,12 +200,9 @@ void CameraFeed::set_YCbCr_img(const Ref<Image> &p_ycbcr_img) {
 			// We're assuming here that our camera image doesn't change around formats etc, allocate the whole lot...
 			base_width = new_width;
 			base_height = new_height;
-			if (texture[CameraServer::FEED_RGBA_IMAGE].is_null()) {
-				texture[CameraServer::FEED_RGBA_IMAGE] = RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_2d_create(p_ycbcr_img);
-			} else {
-				RID new_texture = RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_2d_create(p_ycbcr_img);
-				RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_replace(texture[CameraServer::FEED_RGBA_IMAGE], new_texture);
-			}
+
+			RID new_texture = RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_2d_create(p_ycbcr_img);
+			RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_replace(texture[CameraServer::FEED_RGBA_IMAGE], new_texture);
 		} else {
 			RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_2d_update(texture[CameraServer::FEED_RGBA_IMAGE], p_ycbcr_img);
 		}
@@ -230,16 +226,11 @@ void CameraFeed::set_YCbCr_imgs(const Ref<Image> &p_y_img, const Ref<Image> &p_c
 			// We're assuming here that our camera image doesn't change around formats etc, allocate the whole lot...
 			base_width = new_y_width;
 			base_height = new_y_height;
-			if (texture[CameraServer::FEED_Y_IMAGE].is_null()) {
-				texture[CameraServer::FEED_Y_IMAGE] = RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_2d_create(p_y_img);
-			} else {
+			{
 				RID new_texture = RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_2d_create(p_y_img);
 				RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_replace(texture[CameraServer::FEED_Y_IMAGE], new_texture);
 			}
-
-			if (texture[CameraServer::FEED_CBCR_IMAGE].is_null()) {
-				texture[CameraServer::FEED_CBCR_IMAGE] = RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_2d_create(p_cbcr_img);
-			} else {
+			{
 				RID new_texture = RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_2d_create(p_cbcr_img);
 				RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_replace(texture[CameraServer::FEED_CBCR_IMAGE], new_texture);
 			}