diff --git a/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py b/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py
index d9173ea9a2fa9f044ca1a77dcccf3fc86392d5d3..e3ae183ffd6b144c629f9c924828abcd2d815f6d 100755
--- a/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py
+++ b/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 bl_info = {
     'name': 'glTF 2.0 format',
     'author': 'Julien Duroure, Scurest, Norbert Nopper, Urs Hanselmann, Moritz Becher, Benjamin Schmithüsen, Jim Eckerlein, and many external contributors',
-    "version": (1, 4, 22),
+    "version": (1, 4, 23),
     'blender': (2, 90, 0),
     'location': 'File > Import-Export',
     'description': 'Import-Export as glTF 2.0',
diff --git a/io_scene_gltf2/blender/exp/gltf2_blender_get.py b/io_scene_gltf2/blender/exp/gltf2_blender_get.py
index 27f4ae185ea607a1ea07bc2a68fec2f06440f5ad..71eb4a2c7ced8a80f700a1f446e5f4b99e4ed3a2 100755
--- a/io_scene_gltf2/blender/exp/gltf2_blender_get.py
+++ b/io_scene_gltf2/blender/exp/gltf2_blender_get.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def get_socket(blender_material: bpy.types.Material, name: str):
             # because the newer one is always present in all Principled BSDF materials.
             type = bpy.types.ShaderNodeEmission
             name = "Color"
-            nodes = [n for n in blender_material.node_tree.nodes if isinstance(n, type)]
+            nodes = [n for n in blender_material.node_tree.nodes if isinstance(n, type) and not n.mute]
             inputs = sum([[input for input in node.inputs if input.name == name] for node in nodes], [])
             if inputs:
                 return inputs[0]
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def get_socket(blender_material: bpy.types.Material, name: str):
             name = "Color"
         else:
             type = bpy.types.ShaderNodeBsdfPrincipled
-        nodes = [n for n in blender_material.node_tree.nodes if isinstance(n, type)]
+        nodes = [n for n in blender_material.node_tree.nodes if isinstance(n, type) and not n.mute]
         inputs = sum([[input for input in node.inputs if input.name == name] for node in nodes], [])
         if inputs:
             return inputs[0]