diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem.cpp
index 238823d259..5373cebead 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem.cpp
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ void RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem::setVoxelData(const QByteArray& voxelData) {
             changed = true;
         }
     });
-    if (is_updated) {
+    if (changed) {
         startUpdates();
     }
 }