diff --git a/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp b/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
index d4dabd2f9..a0001d6fd 100644
--- a/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
+++ b/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
@@ -1159,10 +1159,11 @@ namespace NifOsg
             morphGeom->setUpdateCallback(NULL);
             morphGeom->setCullCallback(new UpdateMorphGeometry);
             morphGeom->setUseVertexBufferObjects(true);
-            morphGeom->getOrCreateVertexBufferObject()->setUsage(GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW_ARB);
 
             triShapeToGeometry(triShape, morphGeom, parentNode, composite, boundTextures, animflags);
 
+            morphGeom->getOrCreateVertexBufferObject()->setUsage(GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW_ARB);
+
             const std::vector<Nif::NiMorphData::MorphData>& morphs = morpher->data.getPtr()->mMorphs;
             if (morphs.empty())
                 return morphGeom;