diff --git a/indra/newview/lldrawpoolavatar.cpp b/indra/newview/lldrawpoolavatar.cpp
index 636a9b585..61762272d 100644
--- a/indra/newview/lldrawpoolavatar.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/lldrawpoolavatar.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,17 @@ void LLDrawPoolAvatar::prerender()
 	{
 		sBufferUsage = GL_STREAM_DRAW_ARB;
 	}
+
+	if (!mDrawFace.empty())
+	{
+
+		const LLFace *facep = mDrawFace[0];
+		if (facep && facep->getDrawable())
+		{
+			LLVOAvatar* avatarp = (LLVOAvatar *)facep->getDrawable()->getVObj().get();
+			updateRiggedVertexBuffers(avatarp);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 LLMatrix4& LLDrawPoolAvatar::getModelView()
@@ -1546,7 +1557,6 @@ void LLDrawPoolAvatar::renderRigged(LLVOAvatar* avatar, U32 type, bool glow)
 
 void LLDrawPoolAvatar::renderDeferredRiggedSimple(LLVOAvatar* avatar)
 {
-	updateRiggedVertexBuffers(avatar);
 	renderRigged(avatar, RIGGED_DEFERRED_SIMPLE);
 }
 
@@ -1610,7 +1620,6 @@ void LLDrawPoolAvatar::updateRiggedVertexBuffers(LLVOAvatar* avatar)
 
 void LLDrawPoolAvatar::renderRiggedSimple(LLVOAvatar* avatar)
 {
-	updateRiggedVertexBuffers(avatar);
 	renderRigged(avatar, RIGGED_SIMPLE);
 }