diff --git a/src/osgUtil/CullVisitor.cpp b/src/osgUtil/CullVisitor.cpp
index 4fc89b999..31ba31b3a 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/CullVisitor.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/CullVisitor.cpp
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ void CullVisitor::pushCullingSet()
     _windowToModelFactorDirty = true;
     
 
-    _modelviewCullingStack.push_back(osgNew osg::CullingSet(*_projectionCullingStack.back(),*_modelviewStack.back()));
+    if (_modelviewStack.empty()) _modelviewCullingStack.push_back(_projectionCullingStack.back());
+    else _modelviewCullingStack.push_back(osgNew osg::CullingSet(*_projectionCullingStack.back(),*_modelviewStack.back()));
     
 }