diff --git a/include/osg/OcclusionQueryNode b/include/osg/OcclusionQueryNode
index c776946df..a2c09cabe 100644
--- a/include/osg/OcclusionQueryNode
+++ b/include/osg/OcclusionQueryNode
@@ -72,6 +72,18 @@ public:
 
     virtual void drawImplementation( osg::RenderInfo& renderInfo ) const;
 
+    struct QueryResult
+    {
+        QueryResult() : valid(false), numPixels(0) {}
+        QueryResult(bool v, unsigned int p) : valid(v), numPixels(p) {}
+
+        bool valid;
+        unsigned int numPixels;
+    };
+
+    /** return a QueryResult for specified Camera, where the QueryResult.valid is true when query results are available, and in which case the QueryResult.numPixels provides the num of pixels in the query result.*/
+    QueryResult getQueryResult( const osg::Camera* cam );
+
     unsigned int getNumPixels( const osg::Camera* cam );
 
     virtual void releaseGLObjects( osg::State* state = 0 ) const;
diff --git a/src/osg/OcclusionQueryNode.cpp b/src/osg/OcclusionQueryNode.cpp
index 34f011fdc..988a5c94d 100644
--- a/src/osg/OcclusionQueryNode.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/OcclusionQueryNode.cpp
@@ -364,9 +364,7 @@ QueryGeometry::drawImplementation( osg::RenderInfo& renderInfo ) const
 
 }
 
-
-unsigned int
-QueryGeometry::getNumPixels( const osg::Camera* cam )
+QueryGeometry::QueryResult QueryGeometry::getQueryResult( const osg::Camera* cam )
 {
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::TestResult> tr;
     {
@@ -378,9 +376,14 @@ QueryGeometry::getNumPixels( const osg::Camera* cam )
             _results[ cam ] = tr;
         }
     }
-    return tr->_numPixels;
+    return QueryResult((tr->_init && !tr->_active), tr->_numPixels);
 }
 
+unsigned int
+QueryGeometry::getNumPixels( const osg::Camera* cam )
+{
+    return getQueryResult(cam).numPixels;
+}
 
 void
 QueryGeometry::releaseGLObjects( osg::State* state ) const
@@ -513,8 +516,15 @@ bool OcclusionQueryNode::getPassed( const Camera* camera, NodeVisitor& nv )
     _passed = ( distance <= 0.0 );
     if (!_passed)
     {
-        int result = qg->getNumPixels( camera );
-        _passed = ( (unsigned int)(result) > _visThreshold );
+        QueryGeometry::QueryResult result = qg->getQueryResult( camera );
+        if (!result.valid)
+        {
+           // The query hasn't finished yet and the result still
+           // isn't available, return true to traverse the subgraphs.
+           return true;
+        }
+
+        _passed = ( result.numPixels > _visThreshold );
     }
 
     return _passed;