diff --git a/components/nifogre/ogrenifloader.cpp b/components/nifogre/ogrenifloader.cpp
index 30c71023b..67919f704 100644
--- a/components/nifogre/ogrenifloader.cpp
+++ b/components/nifogre/ogrenifloader.cpp
@@ -743,8 +743,6 @@ static Ogre::String getMaterial(const Nif::NiTriShape *shape, const Ogre::String
         blend_mode += getBlendFactor((alphaFlags>>5)&0xf);
         instance->setProperty("scene_blend", sh::makeProperty(new sh::StringValue(blend_mode)));
     }
-    else
-        instance->getMaterial()->setShadowCasterMaterial("openmw_shadowcaster_noalpha");
 
     if((alphaFlags>>9)&1)
     {
@@ -754,9 +752,12 @@ static Ogre::String getMaterial(const Nif::NiTriShape *shape, const Ogre::String
         reject += Ogre::StringConverter::toString(alphaTest);
         instance->setProperty("alpha_rejection", sh::makeProperty(new sh::StringValue(reject)));
     }
+    else
+        instance->getMaterial()->setShadowCasterMaterial("openmw_shadowcaster_noalpha");
 
     // Ogre usually only sorts if depth write is disabled, so we want "force" instead of "on"
-    instance->setProperty("transparent_sorting", sh::makeProperty(new sh::StringValue(!((alphaFlags>>13)&1) ? "force" : "off")));
+    instance->setProperty("transparent_sorting", sh::makeProperty(new sh::StringValue(
+        ((alphaFlags&1) && !((alphaFlags>>13)&1)) ? "force" : "off")));
 
     instance->setProperty("depth_check", sh::makeProperty(new sh::StringValue((depthFlags&1) ? "on" : "off")));
     instance->setProperty("depth_write", sh::makeProperty(new sh::StringValue(((depthFlags>>1)&1) ? "on" : "off")));