diff --git a/src/materials/nodes/NodeMaterial.js b/src/materials/nodes/NodeMaterial.js
index 361a15d25479ce..a6a736c6d2ac96 100644
--- a/src/materials/nodes/NodeMaterial.js
+++ b/src/materials/nodes/NodeMaterial.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import { modelViewMatrix } from '../../nodes/accessors/ModelNode.js';
 import { vertexColor } from '../../nodes/accessors/VertexColorNode.js';
 import { premultiplyAlpha } from '../../nodes/display/BlendModes.js';
 import { subBuild } from '../../nodes/core/SubBuildNode.js';
-import { error } from '../../utils.js';
 
 /**
  * Base class for all node materials.
@@ -485,32 +484,6 @@ class NodeMaterial extends Material {
 		const renderer = builder.renderer;
 		const renderTarget = renderer.getRenderTarget();
 
-		// < CONTEXT >
-
-		if ( renderer.contextNode.isContextNode === true ) {
-
-			builder.context = { ...builder.context, ...renderer.contextNode.getFlowContextData() };
-
-		} else {
-
-			error( 'NodeMaterial: "renderer.contextNode" must be an instance of `context()`.' );
-
-		}
-
-		if ( this.contextNode !== null ) {
-
-			if ( this.contextNode.isContextNode === true ) {
-
-				builder.context = { ...builder.context, ...this.contextNode.getFlowContextData() };
-
-			} else {
-
-				error( 'NodeMaterial: "material.contextNode" must be an instance of `context()`.' );
-
-			}
-
-		}
-
 		// < VERTEX STAGE >
 
 		builder.addStack();
diff --git a/src/nodes/core/NodeBuilder.js b/src/nodes/core/NodeBuilder.js
index 08d1cc24f2e0df..b76a701ad00693 100644
--- a/src/nodes/core/NodeBuilder.js
+++ b/src/nodes/core/NodeBuilder.js
@@ -2939,13 +2939,41 @@ class NodeBuilder {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Central build method which controls the build for the given object.
-	 *
-	 * @return {NodeBuilder} A reference to this node builder.
+	 * Prebuild the node builder.
 	 */
-	build() {
+	prebuild() {
+
+		const { object, renderer, material } = this;
+
+		// < renderer.contextNode >
+
+		if ( renderer.contextNode.isContextNode === true ) {
+
+			this.context = { ...this.context, ...renderer.contextNode.getFlowContextData() };
+
+		} else {
+
+			error( 'NodeBuilder: "renderer.contextNode" must be an instance of `context()`.' );
+
+		}
+
+		// < material.contextNode >
 
-		const { object, material, renderer } = this;
+		if ( material && material.contextNode ) {
+
+			if ( material.contextNode.isContextNode === true ) {
+
+				this.context = { ...this.context, ...material.contextNode.getFlowContextData() };
+
+			} else {
+
+				error( 'NodeBuilder: "material.contextNode" must be an instance of `context()`.' );
+
+			}
+
+		}
+
+		// < nodeMaterial >
 
 		if ( material !== null ) {
 
@@ -2953,7 +2981,7 @@ class NodeBuilder {
 
 			if ( nodeMaterial === null ) {
 
-				error( `NodeMaterial: Material "${ material.type }" is not compatible.` );
+				error( `NodeBuilder: Material "${ material.type }" is not compatible.` );
 
 				nodeMaterial = new NodeMaterial();
 
@@ -2967,6 +2995,17 @@ class NodeBuilder {
 
 		}
 
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Central build method which controls the build for the given object.
+	 *
+	 * @return {NodeBuilder} A reference to this node builder.
+	 */
+	build() {
+
+		this.prebuild();
+
 		// setup() -> stage 1: create possible new nodes and/or return an output reference node
 		// analyze()   -> stage 2: analyze nodes to possible optimization and validation
 		// generate()  -> stage 3: generate shader
@@ -3025,27 +3064,7 @@ class NodeBuilder {
 	 */
 	async buildAsync() {
 
-		const { object, material, renderer } = this;
-
-		if ( material !== null ) {
-
-			let nodeMaterial = renderer.library.fromMaterial( material );
-
-			if ( nodeMaterial === null ) {
-
-				error( `NodeMaterial: Material "${ material.type }" is not compatible.` );
-
-				nodeMaterial = new NodeMaterial();
-
-			}
-
-			nodeMaterial.build( this );
-
-		} else {
-
-			this.addFlow( 'compute', object );
-
-		}
+		this.prebuild();
 
 		// setup() -> stage 1: create possible new nodes and/or return an output reference node
 		// analyze()   -> stage 2: analyze nodes to possible optimization and validation