diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp
index 790b833753..a29033f35e 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ void EntityTreeRenderer::render(RenderArgs* renderArgs) {
 
         // we must call endScene while we still have the tree locked so that no one deletes a model
         // on us while rendering the scene    
-        Model::endScene(renderArgs->_renderMode, renderArgs);
+        Model::endScene(renderArgs);
         _tree->unlock();
         
         glPushMatrix();
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.cpp
index 58eea49d03..e304e6ee05 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.cpp
@@ -1846,7 +1846,7 @@ void Model::setupBatchTransform(gpu::Batch& batch, RenderArgs* args) {
     batch.setViewTransform(_transforms[0]);
 }
 
-void Model::endScene(RenderMode mode, RenderArgs* args) {
+void Model::endScene(RenderArgs* args) {
     PROFILE_RANGE(__FUNCTION__);
 
 
@@ -1855,6 +1855,8 @@ void Model::endScene(RenderMode mode, RenderArgs* args) {
     glPushMatrix();
 #endif 
 
+    auto mode = args->_renderMode;
+
     RenderArgs::RenderSide renderSide = RenderArgs::MONO;
     if (args) {
         renderSide = args->_renderSide;
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.h b/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.h
index 779fe3a649..66a1a87d1f 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.h
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public:
     // Scene rendering support
     static void startScene(RenderArgs::RenderSide renderSide);
     bool renderInScene(float alpha = 1.0f, RenderArgs* args = NULL);
-    static void endScene(RenderArgs::RenderMode mode = RenderArgs::DEFAULT_RENDER_MODE, RenderArgs* args = NULL);
+    static void endScene(RenderArgs* args);
 
     /// Sets the URL of the model to render.
     /// \param fallback the URL of a fallback model to render if the requested model fails to load