diff --git a/examples/js/renderers/CSS2DRenderer.js b/examples/js/renderers/CSS2DRenderer.js
index 402aaaf410178b1b1d9f444cf0ac780d5b178466..ce7c346e4b32c50eec4986797b8cfe358132f2e5 100644
--- a/examples/js/renderers/CSS2DRenderer.js
+++ b/examples/js/renderers/CSS2DRenderer.js
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ THREE.CSS2DRenderer = function () {
 	};
 
 	this.render = function ( scene, camera ) {
-
-		scene.updateMatrixWorld();
+		
+		if (scene.autoUpdate === true) { scene.updateMatrixWorld(); }
 
 		if ( camera.parent === null ) camera.updateMatrixWorld();