diff --git a/panda/src/text/textNode.cxx b/panda/src/text/textNode.cxx
index 0a8d666432..30ff582623 100644
--- a/panda/src/text/textNode.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/text/textNode.cxx
@@ -1040,6 +1040,9 @@ CData() {
  */
 TextNode::CData::
 CData(const CData &copy) :
+  _text(copy._text),
+  _wtext(copy._wtext),
+  _internal_geom(copy._internal_geom),
   _card_texture(copy._card_texture),
   _frame_color(copy._frame_color),
   _card_color(copy._card_color),