diff --git a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp
index 05dbfee912..998799f5e6 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ void AvatarMixer::handleAvatarIdentityPacket(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> mes
             AvatarData::parseAvatarIdentityPacket(message->getMessage(), identity);
             bool identityChanged = false;
             bool displayNameChanged = false;
-            avatar.processAvatarIdentity(identity, identityChanged, displayNameChanged);
+            avatar.processAvatarIdentity(identity, identityChanged, displayNameChanged, senderNode->getClockSkewUsec());
             if (identityChanged) {
                 QMutexLocker nodeDataLocker(&nodeData->getMutex());
                 nodeData->flagIdentityChange();
diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
index 51b69711dc..6992e66f0e 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
@@ -1495,11 +1495,14 @@ QUrl AvatarData::cannonicalSkeletonModelURL(const QUrl& emptyURL) const {
     return _skeletonModelURL.scheme() == "file" ? emptyURL : _skeletonModelURL;
 }
 
-void AvatarData::processAvatarIdentity(const Identity& identity, bool& identityChanged, bool& displayNameChanged) {
+void AvatarData::processAvatarIdentity(const Identity& identity, bool& identityChanged, bool& displayNameChanged, const qint64 clockSkew) {
 
-    if (identity.updatedAt < _identityUpdatedAt) {
+    // Consider the case where this packet is being processed on Client A, and Client A is connected to Sandbox B.
+    // If Client A's system clock is *ahead of* Sandbox B's system clock, "clockSkew" will be *negative*.
+    // If Client A's system clock is *behind* Sandbox B's system clock, "clockSkew" will be *positive*.
+    if ((_identityUpdatedAt > identity.updatedAt - clockSkew) && (_identityUpdatedAt != 0)) {
         qCDebug(avatars) << "Ignoring late identity packet for avatar " << getSessionUUID() 
-                << "identity.updatedAt:" << identity.updatedAt << "_identityUpdatedAt:" << _identityUpdatedAt;
+            << "_identityUpdatedAt (" << _identityUpdatedAt << ") is greater than identity.updatedAt - clockSkew (" << identity.updatedAt << "-" << clockSkew << ")";
         return;
     }
 
@@ -1535,7 +1538,7 @@ void AvatarData::processAvatarIdentity(const Identity& identity, bool& identityC
 
     // use the timestamp from this identity, since we want to honor the updated times in "server clock"
     // this will overwrite any changes we made locally to this AvatarData's _identityUpdatedAt
-    _identityUpdatedAt = identity.updatedAt;
+    _identityUpdatedAt = identity.updatedAt - clockSkew;
 }
 
 QByteArray AvatarData::identityByteArray() const {
diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.h b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.h
index 6d801793b7..e6e0571878 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.h
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.h
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ public:
 
     // identityChanged returns true if identity has changed, false otherwise.
     // displayNameChanged returns true if displayName has changed, false otherwise.
-    void processAvatarIdentity(const Identity& identity, bool& identityChanged, bool& displayNameChanged);
+    void processAvatarIdentity(const Identity& identity, bool& identityChanged, bool& displayNameChanged, const qint64 clockSkew);
 
     QByteArray identityByteArray() const;
 
diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarHashMap.cpp b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarHashMap.cpp
index 0d341c684e..155ef9a0a2 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarHashMap.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarHashMap.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ void AvatarHashMap::processAvatarIdentityPacket(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage>
         auto avatar = newOrExistingAvatar(identity.uuid, sendingNode);
         bool identityChanged = false;
         bool displayNameChanged = false;
-        avatar->processAvatarIdentity(identity, identityChanged, displayNameChanged);
+        // In this case, the "sendingNode" is the Avatar Mixer.
+        avatar->processAvatarIdentity(identity, identityChanged, displayNameChanged, sendingNode->getClockSkewUsec());
     }
 }