diff --git a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/SceneManagement/NetworkSceneManager.cs b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/SceneManagement/NetworkSceneManager.cs
index bd7e582755..872f258ede 100644
--- a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/SceneManagement/NetworkSceneManager.cs
+++ b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/SceneManagement/NetworkSceneManager.cs
@@ -1744,6 +1744,10 @@ internal void SynchronizeNetworkObjects(ulong clientId)
                     continue;
                 }
 
+                // ignore dynamically created scenes used for physics simulations
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(scene.path))
+                    continue;
+
                 var sceneHash = SceneHashFromNameOrPath(scene.path);
 
                 // This would depend upon whether we are additive or not