diff --git a/pandatool/src/mayaeggimport/mayaEggLoader.cxx b/pandatool/src/mayaeggimport/mayaEggLoader.cxx
index 2db9a9a076..d5394c7a0d 100755
--- a/pandatool/src/mayaeggimport/mayaEggLoader.cxx
+++ b/pandatool/src/mayaeggimport/mayaEggLoader.cxx
@@ -656,6 +656,8 @@ void MayaEggLoader::CreateSkinCluster(MayaEggMesh *M)
       values[vert->_index * joints.size() + joint->_index] = (float)strength;
     }
   }
+  for (unsigned int i=0; i<1024; i++)
+    skinCluster.setWeights(M->_shape_dag_path, component.object(), i, 0.0, false, &oldvalues);
   skinCluster.setWeights(M->_shape_dag_path, component.object(), influenceIndices, values, false, &oldvalues);
 
   for (unsigned int i=0; i<joints.size(); i++) {