diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/SVGLoader.js b/examples/js/loaders/SVGLoader.js
index 8060b339c8efff..501061ec653354 100644
--- a/examples/js/loaders/SVGLoader.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/SVGLoader.js
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@
 
 					case 'use':
 						style = parseStyle( node, style );
-						const usedNodeId = node.href.baseVal.substring( 1 );
+
+						const href = node.getAttributeNS( "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink", "href" ) || "";
+						const usedNodeId = href.substring( 1 );
 						const usedNode = node.viewportElement.getElementById( usedNodeId );
 
 						if ( usedNode ) {