diff --git a/src/osgUtil/IntersectionVisitor.cpp b/src/osgUtil/IntersectionVisitor.cpp
index c6486e2df..a4bb8f072 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/IntersectionVisitor.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/IntersectionVisitor.cpp
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ void IntersectionVisitor::apply(osg::Camera& camera)
 
     osg::RefMatrix* projection = NULL;
     osg::RefMatrix* view = NULL;
+    osg::RefMatrix* model = NULL;
 
     if (camera.getReferenceFrame()==osg::Transform::RELATIVE_RF && getProjectionMatrix() && getViewMatrix())
     {
@@ -447,22 +448,27 @@ void IntersectionVisitor::apply(osg::Camera& camera)
         {
             projection = new osg::RefMatrix(*getProjectionMatrix()*camera.getProjectionMatrix());
             view = new osg::RefMatrix(*getViewMatrix()*camera.getViewMatrix());
+            model = new osg::RefMatrix(*getModelMatrix());
         }
         else // pre multiply 
         {
             projection = new osg::RefMatrix(camera.getProjectionMatrix()*(*getProjectionMatrix()));
-            view = new osg::RefMatrix(camera.getViewMatrix()*(*getViewMatrix()));
-        }
-    } else {
+            view = new osg::RefMatrix(*getViewMatrix());
+            model = new osg::RefMatrix(camera.getViewMatrix()*(*getModelMatrix()));
+        }       
+    } 
+    else
+    {
         // an absolute reference frame
         projection = new osg::RefMatrix(camera.getProjectionMatrix());
         view = new osg::RefMatrix(camera.getViewMatrix());
+        model =  new osg::RefMatrix();
     }
  
     if (camera.getViewport()) pushWindowMatrix( camera.getViewport() );
     pushProjectionMatrix(projection);
     pushViewMatrix(view);
-    pushModelMatrix( new osg::RefMatrix() );
+    pushModelMatrix(model);
 
     // now push an new intersector clone transform to the new local coordinates
     push_clone();