diff --git a/panda/src/pgraph/textureAttrib.cxx b/panda/src/pgraph/textureAttrib.cxx
index 9b30906e1f..ee3c5a8165 100644
--- a/panda/src/pgraph/textureAttrib.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/pgraph/textureAttrib.cxx
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ complete_pointers(TypedWritable **p_list, BamReader *manager) {
     }
   }
   _on_stages.sort();
+  _off_stages.sort();
   _sort_seq = UpdateSeq::old();
   _filtered_seq = UpdateSeq::old();