diff --git a/indra/newview/llspatialpartition.cpp b/indra/newview/llspatialpartition.cpp
index 259b02ad9..2bce7e36d 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llspatialpartition.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llspatialpartition.cpp
@@ -400,6 +400,11 @@ void LLSpatialGroup::clearDrawMap()
 	mDrawMap.clear();
 }
 
+BOOL LLSpatialGroup::isHUDGroup() 
+{
+	return mSpatialPartition && mSpatialPartition->isHUDPartition() ; 
+}
+
 BOOL LLSpatialGroup::isRecentlyVisible() const
 {
 	return (LLDrawable::getCurrentFrame() - mVisible[LLViewerCamera::sCurCameraID]) < LLDrawable::getMinVisFrameRange() ;
@@ -3315,6 +3320,10 @@ void LLSpatialGroup::drawObjectBox(LLColor4 col)
 	drawBox(mObjectBounds[0], size);
 }
 
+bool LLSpatialPartition::isHUDPartition() 
+{ 
+	return mPartitionType == LLViewerRegion::PARTITION_HUD ;
+} 
 
 BOOL LLSpatialPartition::isVisible(const LLVector3& v)
 {
diff --git a/indra/newview/llspatialpartition.h b/indra/newview/llspatialpartition.h
index 3ba5ad36e..803c63680 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llspatialpartition.h
+++ b/indra/newview/llspatialpartition.h
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ public:
 
 	LLSpatialGroup(OctreeNode* node, LLSpatialPartition* part);
 
+	BOOL isHUDGroup() ;
 	BOOL isDead()							{ return isState(DEAD); }
 	BOOL isState(eSpatialState state) const;	//Using enum type here and below to force type-safeness.
 	BOOL isOcclusionState(eOcclusionState state) const	{ return mOcclusionState[LLViewerCamera::sCurCameraID] & state ? TRUE : FALSE; }
@@ -438,6 +439,7 @@ public:
 	S32 cull(LLCamera &camera, std::vector<LLDrawable *>* results = NULL, BOOL for_select = FALSE); // Cull on arbitrary frustum
 	
 	BOOL isVisible(const LLVector3& v);
+	bool isHUDPartition() ;
 	
 	virtual LLSpatialBridge* asBridge() { return NULL; }
 	virtual BOOL isBridge() { return asBridge() != NULL; }
diff --git a/indra/newview/llvovolume.cpp b/indra/newview/llvovolume.cpp
index 1fb7d82fc..7115f16b1 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llvovolume.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llvovolume.cpp
@@ -3911,6 +3911,7 @@ void LLVolumeGeometryManager::genDrawInfo(LLSpatialGroup* group, U32 mask, std::
 		std::sort(faces.begin(), faces.end(), LLFace::CompareDistanceGreater());
 	}
 				
+	bool hud_group = group->isHUDGroup() ;
 	std::vector<LLFace*>::iterator face_iter = faces.begin();
 	
 	LLSpatialGroup::buffer_map_t buffer_map;
@@ -4181,7 +4182,7 @@ void LLVolumeGeometryManager::genDrawInfo(LLSpatialGroup* group, U32 mask, std::
 					registerFace(group, facep, LLRenderPass::PASS_INVISI_SHINY);
 					registerFace(group, facep, LLRenderPass::PASS_INVISIBLE);
 				}
-				else if (LLPipeline::sRenderDeferred)
+				else if (LLPipeline::sRenderDeferred && !hud_group)
 				{ //deferred rendering
 					if (te->getFullbright())
 					{ //register in post deferred fullbright shiny pass
@@ -4219,7 +4220,7 @@ void LLVolumeGeometryManager::genDrawInfo(LLSpatialGroup* group, U32 mask, std::
 				else if (fullbright)
 				{ //fullbright
 					registerFace(group, facep, LLRenderPass::PASS_FULLBRIGHT);
-					if (LLPipeline::sRenderDeferred && LLPipeline::sRenderBump && te->getBumpmap())
+					if (LLPipeline::sRenderDeferred && !hud_group && LLPipeline::sRenderBump && te->getBumpmap())
 					{ //if this is the deferred render and a bump map is present, register in post deferred bump
 						registerFace(group, facep, LLRenderPass::PASS_POST_BUMP);
 					}
@@ -4245,7 +4246,7 @@ void LLVolumeGeometryManager::genDrawInfo(LLSpatialGroup* group, U32 mask, std::
 			}
 			
 			//not sure why this is here, and looks like it might cause bump mapped objects to get rendered redundantly -- davep 5/11/2010
-			if (!is_alpha && !LLPipeline::sRenderDeferred)
+			if (!is_alpha && (hud_group || !LLPipeline::sRenderDeferred))
 			{
 				llassert((mask & LLVertexBuffer::MAP_NORMAL) || fullbright);
 				facep->setPoolType((fullbright) ? LLDrawPool::POOL_FULLBRIGHT : LLDrawPool::POOL_SIMPLE);