diff --git a/panda/src/glgsg/glGraphicsStateGuardian.cxx b/panda/src/glgsg/glGraphicsStateGuardian.cxx
index f7fab186e5..56ce3f9d9f 100644
--- a/panda/src/glgsg/glGraphicsStateGuardian.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/glgsg/glGraphicsStateGuardian.cxx
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ render_frame(const AllAttributesWrapper &initial_state) {
 
   // Now we're done with the frame processing.  Clean up.
 
-  if (_lighting_enabled) {
+  if (_lighting_enabled_this_frame) {
 
     // Let's turn off all the lights we had on, and clear the light
     // cache--to force the lights to be reissued next frame, in case