diff --git a/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.cpp b/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.cpp
index e6bd9e5d1..a6f0a67ee 100644
--- a/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.cpp
+++ b/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.cpp
@@ -969,6 +969,37 @@ void SceneUtil::MWShadowTechnique::shareShadowMap(osgUtil::CullVisitor& cv, View
     }
 }
 
+bool MWShadowTechnique::trySharedShadowMap(osgUtil::CullVisitor& cv, ViewDependentData* vdd)
+{
+    auto* sharedConfig = dynamic_cast<SharedShadowMapConfig*>(cv.getCurrentCamera()->getUserData());
+    if (!sharedConfig)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (sharedConfig->_master)
+    {
+        addSharedVdd(*sharedConfig, vdd);
+        return false;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        auto* sharedVdd = getSharedVdd(*sharedConfig);
+        if (sharedVdd)
+        {
+            OSG_INFO << "Using shared shadow map" << std::endl;
+            shareShadowMap(cv, vdd, sharedVdd);
+            return true;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            OSG_INFO << "Warning, view configured to reuse shared shadow map but no shadow map has been shared. Shadows will be generated instead." << std::endl;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 void MWShadowTechnique::update(osg::NodeVisitor& nv)
 {
     OSG_INFO<<"MWShadowTechnique::update(osg::NodeVisitor& "<<&nv<<")"<<std::endl;
@@ -994,29 +1025,6 @@ void MWShadowTechnique::cull(osgUtil::CullVisitor& cv)
 
     ViewDependentData* vdd = getViewDependentData(&cv);
 
-    // Use shared shadow map if applicable
-    auto* sharedConfig = dynamic_cast<SharedShadowMapConfig*>(cv.getCurrentCamera()->getUserData());
-    if (sharedConfig)
-    {
-        if (sharedConfig->_master)
-        {
-            addSharedVdd(*sharedConfig, vdd);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            auto* sharedVdd = getSharedVdd(*sharedConfig);
-            if (sharedVdd)
-            {
-                OSG_INFO << "Using shared shadow map" << std::endl;
-                return shareShadowMap(cv, vdd, sharedVdd);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                OSG_INFO << "Warning, view configured to reuse shared shadow map but no shadow map has been shared. Shadows will be generated instead." << std::endl;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     if (!vdd)
     {
         OSG_INFO<<"Warning, now ViewDependentData created, unable to create shadows."<<std::endl;
@@ -1024,6 +1032,11 @@ void MWShadowTechnique::cull(osgUtil::CullVisitor& cv)
         return;
     }
 
+    if (trySharedShadowMap(cv, vdd))
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     ShadowSettings* settings = getShadowedScene()->getShadowSettings();
 
     OSG_INFO<<"cv->getProjectionMatrix()="<<*cv.getProjectionMatrix()<<std::endl;
diff --git a/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.hpp b/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.hpp
index 437a44f6a..9e68c1bb6 100644
--- a/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.hpp
+++ b/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.hpp
@@ -227,11 +227,14 @@ namespace SceneUtil {
         virtual ViewDependentData* createViewDependentData(osgUtil::CullVisitor* cv);
 
         ViewDependentData* getViewDependentData(osgUtil::CullVisitor* cv);
+
         ViewDependentData* getSharedVdd(const SharedShadowMapConfig& config);
+
         void addSharedVdd(const SharedShadowMapConfig& config, ViewDependentData* vdd);
+
         void shareShadowMap(osgUtil::CullVisitor& cv, ViewDependentData* lhs, ViewDependentData* rhs);
 
-
+        bool trySharedShadowMap(osgUtil::CullVisitor& cv, ViewDependentData* vdd);
 
         virtual void createShaders();