diff --git a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
index b190a078d9be8c33eb150b01cf5a74cfddd99eea..37a75f289f6da77893364d1ca7a88cc4e7013d93 100644
--- a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
+++ b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
@@ -886,6 +886,8 @@ THREE.WebGLRenderer = function ( parameters ) {
 
 		}
 
+		state.initAttributes();
+
 		var geometryAttributes = geometry.attributes;
 
 		var programAttributes = program.getAttributes();
@@ -964,6 +966,7 @@ THREE.WebGLRenderer = function ( parameters ) {
 				} else if ( materialDefaultAttributeValues !== undefined ) {
 
 					var value = materialDefaultAttributeValues[ name ];
+
 					if ( value !== undefined ) {
 
 						switch ( value.length ) {
@@ -1017,12 +1020,6 @@ THREE.WebGLRenderer = function ( parameters ) {
 
 		}
 
-		if ( updateBuffers ) {
-
-			state.initAttributes();
-
-		}
-
 		// morph targets
 
 		var morphTargetInfluences = object.morphTargetInfluences;