diff --git a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderTarget.js b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderTarget.js
index eab1dab600f8b8..e253d4394c075c 100644
--- a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderTarget.js
+++ b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderTarget.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class WebGLRenderTarget extends EventDispatcher {
 
 		this.depthBuffer = options.depthBuffer !== undefined ? options.depthBuffer : true;
 		this.stencilBuffer = options.stencilBuffer !== undefined ? options.stencilBuffer : false;
+
 		this.depthTexture = options.depthTexture !== undefined ? options.depthTexture : null;
 
 		/**
@@ -101,7 +102,8 @@ class WebGLRenderTarget extends EventDispatcher {
 
 		this.depthBuffer = source.depthBuffer;
 		this.stencilBuffer = source.stencilBuffer;
-		this.depthTexture = source.depthTexture;
+
+		if ( source.depthTexture !== null ) this.depthTexture = source.depthTexture.clone();
 
 		return this;