diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
index be143510b2..331ddeca7b 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
@@ -1281,11 +1281,7 @@ namespace MWRender
                         defines[name] = key;
                     mResourceSystem->getSceneManager()->getShaderManager().setGlobalDefines(defines);
 
-                    mSceneRoot->removeUpdateCallback(mStateUpdater);
-                    mStateUpdater = new StateUpdater;
-                    mSceneRoot->addUpdateCallback(mStateUpdater);
-                    mStateUpdater->setFogEnd(mViewDistance);
-                    updateAmbient();
+                    mStateUpdater->reset();
 
                     mViewer->startThreading();
                 }
diff --git a/components/sceneutil/statesetupdater.hpp b/components/sceneutil/statesetupdater.hpp
index ab091fd39f..35be9cb434 100644
--- a/components/sceneutil/statesetupdater.hpp
+++ b/components/sceneutil/statesetupdater.hpp
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ namespace SceneUtil
         /// Set default state - optionally override in derived classes
         /// @par May be used e.g. to allocate StateAttributes.
         virtual void setDefaults(osg::StateSet* stateset) {}
-
-    protected:
+    
         /// Reset mStateSets, forcing a setDefaults() on the next frame. Can be used to change the defaults if needed.
         void reset();