diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
index 5292886754..5464992544 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ namespace MWRender
         updateProjectionMatrix();
 
         mViewer->getCamera()->setClearMask(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT | GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT);
+        mViewer->getUpdateVisitor()->setTraversalMode(osg::NodeVisitor::TRAVERSE_ACTIVE_CHILDREN);
     }
 
     RenderingManager::~RenderingManager()