diff --git a/direct/src/distributed/DistributedSmoothNode.py b/direct/src/distributed/DistributedSmoothNode.py
index 0d2c04106c..3c9c0f57b6 100644
--- a/direct/src/distributed/DistributedSmoothNode.py
+++ b/direct/src/distributed/DistributedSmoothNode.py
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ class DistributedSmoothNode(DistributedNode.DistributedNode):
         self.smoother.clearPositions(1)
         self.smoother.markPosition()
 
+        self.forceToTruePosition()
+
     def setComponentTLive(self, timestamp):
         # This is the variant of setComponentT() that will be called
         # whenever we receive a live update directly from the other