diff --git a/direct/src/actor/Actor.py b/direct/src/actor/Actor.py
index ff6dced979..902c6830d7 100644
--- a/direct/src/actor/Actor.py
+++ b/direct/src/actor/Actor.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class Actor(DirectObject, NodePath):
 
         def __init__(self, filename = None, animBundle = None):
             self.filename = filename
-            self.animBundle = None
+            self.animBundle = animBundle
             self.animControl = None
 
         def makeCopy(self):
@@ -1947,6 +1947,7 @@ class Actor(DirectObject, NodePath):
                     animName = acc.getAnimName(i)
 
                     animDef = Actor.AnimDef()
+                    animDef.animBundle = animControl.getAnim()
                     animDef.animControl = animControl
                     self.__animControlDict[lodName][partName][animName] = animDef
 
diff --git a/panda/src/gobj/geom.h b/panda/src/gobj/geom.h
index 82aac75cfa..a1e0b960e4 100644
--- a/panda/src/gobj/geom.h
+++ b/panda/src/gobj/geom.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ PUBLISHED:
   void offset_vertices(const GeomVertexData *data, int offset);
   int make_nonindexed(bool composite_only);
 
-  CPT(GeomVertexData) get_animated_vertex_data(bool force, Thread *current_thread) const;
+  CPT(GeomVertexData) get_animated_vertex_data(bool force, Thread *current_thread = Thread::get_current_thread()) const;
 
   INLINE bool is_empty() const;