diff --git a/components/nifogre/ogrenifloader.cpp b/components/nifogre/ogrenifloader.cpp
index 5f9674c91e..63e9057664 100644
--- a/components/nifogre/ogrenifloader.cpp
+++ b/components/nifogre/ogrenifloader.cpp
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ class NIFObjectLoader
             {
                 const Nif::NiParticleSystemController *partctrl = static_cast<const Nif::NiParticleSystemController*>(ctrl.getPtr());
 
-                partsys->setDefaultDimensions(partctrl->size, partctrl->size);
+                partsys->setDefaultDimensions(partctrl->size*2, partctrl->size*2);
 
                 if(!partctrl->emitter.empty())
                 {