diff --git a/panda/src/pgraphnodes/lightLensNode.cxx b/panda/src/pgraphnodes/lightLensNode.cxx
index 0aabcb07b4..cb84c28dfb 100644
--- a/panda/src/pgraphnodes/lightLensNode.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/pgraphnodes/lightLensNode.cxx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "renderState.h"
 #include "cullFaceAttrib.h"
 #include "colorWriteAttrib.h"
+#include "lightAttrib.h"
 #include "graphicsStateGuardianBase.h"
 
 TypeHandle LightLensNode::_type_handle;
@@ -37,10 +38,14 @@ LightLensNode(const std::string &name, Lens *lens) :
   _shadow_caster = false;
   _sb_size.set(512, 512);
   _sb_sort = -10;
-  // set_initial_state(RenderState::make(ShaderAttrib::make_off(), 1000));
+
   // Backface culling helps eliminating artifacts.
-  set_initial_state(RenderState::make(CullFaceAttrib::make_reverse(),
-                    ColorWriteAttrib::make(ColorWriteAttrib::C_off)));
+  static CPT(RenderState) default_initial_state =
+    RenderState::make(
+      CullFaceAttrib::make_reverse(),
+      ColorWriteAttrib::make(ColorWriteAttrib::C_off)
+    )->set_attrib(LightAttrib::make_all_off(), RenderState::get_max_priority());
+  set_initial_state(default_initial_state);
 }
 
 /**