diff --git a/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/avatars-renderer/Avatar.cpp b/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/avatars-renderer/Avatar.cpp
index 50d3c568d9..50c6301c7f 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/avatars-renderer/Avatar.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/avatars-renderer/Avatar.cpp
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ void Avatar::setTargetScale(float targetScale) {
     if (_targetScale != newValue) {
         _targetScale = newValue;
         _scaleChanged = usecTimestampNow();
+        _avatarScaleChanged = _scaleChanged;
         _isAnimatingScale = true;
 
         emit targetScaleChanged(targetScale);