diff --git a/indra/llprimitive/llmodel.cpp b/indra/llprimitive/llmodel.cpp
index c98cee218c80f20224a8a1d78709119bd512b3c8..db6d00bc2cfc9b749e0ca7617ac6fdea0d166322 100644
--- a/indra/llprimitive/llmodel.cpp
+++ b/indra/llprimitive/llmodel.cpp
@@ -1387,13 +1387,15 @@ bool LLModel::loadDecomposition(LLSD& header, std::istream& is)
 
 LLMeshSkinInfo::LLMeshSkinInfo():
     mPelvisOffset(0.0),
-    mLockScaleIfJointPosition(false)
+    mLockScaleIfJointPosition(false),
+    mInvalidJointsScrubbed(false)
 {
 }
 
 LLMeshSkinInfo::LLMeshSkinInfo(LLSD& skin):
     mPelvisOffset(0.0),
-    mLockScaleIfJointPosition(false)
+    mLockScaleIfJointPosition(false),
+    mInvalidJointsScrubbed(false)
 {
 	fromLLSD(skin);
 }
diff --git a/indra/llprimitive/llmodel.h b/indra/llprimitive/llmodel.h
index 40c3916168a3786eab076994c508fcecacd13186..097558ef679a83b50c3bfc33f897439ac9a18910 100644
--- a/indra/llprimitive/llmodel.h
+++ b/indra/llprimitive/llmodel.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class LLMeshSkinInfo
 	LLMatrix4 mBindShapeMatrix;
 	float mPelvisOffset;
     bool mLockScaleIfJointPosition;
+    bool mInvalidJointsScrubbed;
 };
 
 class LLModel : public LLVolume
diff --git a/indra/newview/llskinningutil.cpp b/indra/newview/llskinningutil.cpp
index c0589e33bb6051ce6a70d12b46270f921509cded..b2fd1744bc78ddda8849dabb651705d9106165b8 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llskinningutil.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llskinningutil.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ U32 LLSkinningUtil::getMeshJointCount(const LLMeshSkinInfo *skin)
 // static
 void LLSkinningUtil::scrubInvalidJoints(LLVOAvatar *avatar, LLMeshSkinInfo* skin)
 {
+    if (skin->mInvalidJointsScrubbed)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
     for (U32 j = 0; j < skin->mJointNames.size(); ++j)
     {
         // Fix invalid names to "mPelvis". Currently meshes with
@@ -63,6 +67,7 @@ void LLSkinningUtil::scrubInvalidJoints(LLVOAvatar *avatar, LLMeshSkinInfo* skin
             skin->mJointNames[j] = "mPelvis";
         }
     }
+    skin->mInvalidJointsScrubbed = true;
 }
 
 // static