diff --git a/panda/src/pgraph/seaPatchNode.cxx b/panda/src/pgraph/seaPatchNode.cxx
index b8f727d8fe..ae2ed2022f 100755
--- a/panda/src/pgraph/seaPatchNode.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/pgraph/seaPatchNode.cxx
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ do_wave(Geom * geom, LMatrix4f net_trans_mat) {
     // Recompute normals based on height
     norms.push_back(get_normal(V[0],V[1]));
     nindex.push_back(k);
-    geom->set_normals(norms, G_PER_VERTEX, nindex);
-
+    geom->set_normals(norms, G_PER_VERTEX, nindex);
+
     // Vertex color based shading
     //  ** add shade_mode (high, low , all, none)
     c[0] = (_color_scale + _light_color[0] + (height_change / (2 * _amplitude)))/3.0;