diff --git a/components/terrain/quadtreeworld.cpp b/components/terrain/quadtreeworld.cpp
index e9f5805566..e26fc1b617 100644
--- a/components/terrain/quadtreeworld.cpp
+++ b/components/terrain/quadtreeworld.cpp
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ public:
     {
         const osg::Vec2f& center = node->getCenter();
         bool activeGrid = (center.x() > mActiveGrid.x() && center.y() > mActiveGrid.y() && center.x() < mActiveGrid.z() && center.y() < mActiveGrid.w());
-        if (dist > mViewDistance && !activeGrid) // for Scene<->ObjectPaging sync the activegrid must remain loaded
-            return StopTraversal;
+
         if (node->getSize()>1)
         {
             float halfSize = node->getSize()/2;
@@ -77,6 +76,9 @@ public:
                 return Deeper;
         }
 
+        if (dist > mViewDistance && !activeGrid) // for Scene<->ObjectPaging sync the activegrid must remain loaded
+            return StopTraversal;
+
         int nativeLodLevel = Log2(static_cast<unsigned int>(node->getSize()/mMinSize));
         int lodLevel = Log2(static_cast<unsigned int>(dist/(Constants::CellSizeInUnits*mMinSize*mFactor)));