diff --git a/indra/llrender/llvertexbuffer.cpp b/indra/llrender/llvertexbuffer.cpp
index 5756ccdcd59e6c728ebecfc55f658b38989d1c38..71596d41d3b5fac8641583338e538c0bb3cb443c 100644
--- a/indra/llrender/llvertexbuffer.cpp
+++ b/indra/llrender/llvertexbuffer.cpp
@@ -560,8 +560,8 @@ void LLVertexBuffer::initClass(bool use_vbo, bool no_vbo_mapping)
 	sDisableVBOMapping = sEnableVBOs && no_vbo_mapping ;
 
 	if(!sPrivatePoolp)
-	{ //disable private pool for now -- lots of memory allocations failing for vertex buffers erroneously
-		//sPrivatePoolp = LLPrivateMemoryPoolManager::getInstance()->newPool(LLPrivateMemoryPool::STATIC) ;
+	{ 
+		sPrivatePoolp = LLPrivateMemoryPoolManager::getInstance()->newPool(LLPrivateMemoryPool::STATIC) ;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml b/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml
index 727851b4da0125671b2322eddfde4e23547bc559..890eb0f0cebd799cad187287299e0d87f8fc6b0c 100644
--- a/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml
@@ -5655,7 +5655,7 @@
       <key>Type</key>
       <string>Boolean</string>
       <key>Value</key>
-      <integer>1</integer>
+      <integer>0</integer>
     </map>
     <key>MemProfiling</key>
     <map>