diff --git a/indra/newview/llpanelface.cpp b/indra/newview/llpanelface.cpp
index 8d7865c8ba641c217f2b1a2da9424ba4bb15b6cc..2232589ec49fc9ce23d7cecb6c5d2bda29334320 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llpanelface.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llpanelface.cpp
@@ -1384,6 +1384,11 @@ void LLPanelFace::updateUI(bool force_set_values /*false*/)
 			mColorSwatch->setFallbackImage(LLUI::getUIImage("locked_image.j2c") );
 			mColorSwatch->setValid(FALSE);
 		}
+		LLRadioGroup* radio_mat_type = getChild<LLRadioGroup>("radio_material_type");
+		if (radio_mat_type)
+		{
+			radio_mat_type->setSelectedIndex(0);
+		}
 		getChildView("color trans")->setEnabled(FALSE);
 		getChildView("rptctrl")->setEnabled(FALSE);
 		getChildView("tex gen")->setEnabled(FALSE);