diff --git a/indra/newview/llagentcamera.cpp b/indra/newview/llagentcamera.cpp
index ed6c3c307fcc2712f09be591415350ecdca21283..84a41113be3ee54bf1f73421f1a3fdc6c5a4702e 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llagentcamera.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llagentcamera.cpp
@@ -210,9 +210,6 @@ void LLAgentCamera::init()
 	
 	mCameraPreset = (ECameraPreset) gSavedSettings.getU32("CameraPresetType");
 
-	mCameraOffsetInitial = gSavedSettings.getControl("CameraOffsetRearView");
-	mFocusOffsetInitial = gSavedSettings.getControl("FocusOffsetRearView");
-
 	mCameraCollidePlane.clearVec();
 	mCurrentCameraDistance = getCameraOffsetInitial().magVec() * gSavedSettings.getF32("CameraOffsetScale");
 	mTargetCameraDistance = mCurrentCameraDistance;
@@ -1672,8 +1669,8 @@ LLVector3d LLAgentCamera::calcThirdPersonFocusOffset()
 		agent_rot *= ((LLViewerObject*)(gAgentAvatarp->getParent()))->getRenderRotation();
 	}
 
-	focus_offset = convert_from_llsd<LLVector3d>(mFocusOffsetInitial->get(), TYPE_VEC3D, "");
-	return focus_offset * agent_rot;
+    static LLCachedControl<LLVector3d> focus_offset_initial(gSavedSettings, "FocusOffsetRearView", LLVector3d());
+	return focus_offset_initial * agent_rot;
 }
 
 void LLAgentCamera::setupSitCamera()
@@ -1810,8 +1807,9 @@ LLVector3d LLAgentCamera::calcCameraPositionTargetGlobal(BOOL *hit_limit)
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			local_camera_offset = mCameraZoomFraction * getCameraOffsetInitial() * gSavedSettings.getF32("CameraOffsetScale");
-			
+            static LLCachedControl<F32> camera_offset_scale(gSavedSettings, "CameraOffsetScale");
+            local_camera_offset = mCameraZoomFraction * getCameraOffsetInitial() * camera_offset_scale;
+
 			// are we sitting down?
 			if (isAgentAvatarValid() && gAgentAvatarp->getParent())
 			{
@@ -2028,12 +2026,15 @@ bool LLAgentCamera::isJoystickCameraUsed()
 
 LLVector3 LLAgentCamera::getCameraOffsetInitial()
 {
-	return convert_from_llsd<LLVector3>(mCameraOffsetInitial->get(), TYPE_VEC3, "");
+    // getCameraOffsetInitial and getFocusOffsetInitial can be called on update from idle before init()
+    static LLCachedControl<LLVector3> camera_offset_initial (gSavedSettings, "CameraOffsetRearView", LLVector3());
+	return camera_offset_initial;
 }
 
 LLVector3d LLAgentCamera::getFocusOffsetInitial()
 {
-	return convert_from_llsd<LLVector3d>(mFocusOffsetInitial->get(), TYPE_VEC3D, "");
+    static LLCachedControl<LLVector3d> focus_offset_initial(gSavedSettings, "FocusOffsetRearView", LLVector3d());
+	return focus_offset_initial;
 }
 
 F32 LLAgentCamera::getCameraMaxZoomDistance()
diff --git a/indra/newview/llagentcamera.h b/indra/newview/llagentcamera.h
index ec1ed433d7cd9b26564b7c719041db24c7ffa3ee..89680f95dc28982ffadcb0c26fcf05b54e1886a1 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llagentcamera.h
+++ b/indra/newview/llagentcamera.h
@@ -131,12 +131,6 @@ class LLAgentCamera
 	/** Camera preset in Third Person Mode */
 	ECameraPreset mCameraPreset; 
 
-	/** Initial camera offset */
-	LLPointer<LLControlVariable> mCameraOffsetInitial;
-
-	/** Initial focus offset */
-	LLPointer<LLControlVariable> mFocusOffsetInitial;
-
 	LLQuaternion mInitSitRot;
 
 	//--------------------------------------------------------------------