diff --git a/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/avatars-renderer/Avatar.cpp b/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/avatars-renderer/Avatar.cpp
index 4a06a5252a..86f5bd69a5 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/avatars-renderer/Avatar.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/avatars-renderer/Avatar.cpp
@@ -707,10 +707,10 @@ static TextRenderer3D* textRenderer(TextRendererType type) {
     return displayNameRenderer;
 }
 
-void Avatar::metaBlendshapeOperator(int blendshapeNumber, const QVector<BlendshapeOffset>& blendshapeOffsets, const QVector<int>& blendedMeshSizes,
-                                    const render::ItemIDs& subItemIDs) {
+void Avatar::metaBlendshapeOperator(render::ItemID renderItemID, int blendshapeNumber, const QVector<BlendshapeOffset>& blendshapeOffsets,
+                                    const QVector<int>& blendedMeshSizes, const render::ItemIDs& subItemIDs) {
     render::Transaction transaction;
-    transaction.updateItem<AvatarData>(_renderItemID, [blendshapeNumber, blendshapeOffsets, blendedMeshSizes,
+    transaction.updateItem<AvatarData>(renderItemID, [blendshapeNumber, blendshapeOffsets, blendedMeshSizes,
                                                        subItemIDs](AvatarData& avatar) {
         auto avatarPtr = dynamic_cast<Avatar*>(&avatar);
         if (avatarPtr) {
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ void Avatar::addToScene(AvatarSharedPointer self, const render::ScenePointer& sc
     _renderBound = getBounds();
     transaction.resetItem(_renderItemID, avatarPayloadPointer);
     using namespace std::placeholders;
-    _skeletonModel->addToScene(scene, transaction, std::bind(&Avatar::metaBlendshapeOperator, this, _1, _2, _3, _4));
+    _skeletonModel->addToScene(scene, transaction, std::bind(&Avatar::metaBlendshapeOperator, _renderItemID, _1, _2, _3, _4));
     _skeletonModel->setTagMask(render::hifi::TAG_ALL_VIEWS);
     _skeletonModel->setGroupCulled(true);
     _skeletonModel->setCanCastShadow(true);
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ void Avatar::fixupModelsInScene(const render::ScenePointer& scene) {
     if (_skeletonModel->isRenderable() && _skeletonModel->needsFixupInScene()) {
         _skeletonModel->removeFromScene(scene, transaction);
         using namespace std::placeholders;
-        _skeletonModel->addToScene(scene, transaction, std::bind(&Avatar::metaBlendshapeOperator, this, _1, _2, _3, _4));
+        _skeletonModel->addToScene(scene, transaction, std::bind(&Avatar::metaBlendshapeOperator, _renderItemID, _1, _2, _3, _4));
 
         _skeletonModel->setTagMask(render::hifi::TAG_ALL_VIEWS);
         _skeletonModel->setGroupCulled(true);
diff --git a/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/avatars-renderer/Avatar.h b/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/avatars-renderer/Avatar.h
index ca063a7026..9a4b9bb6b6 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/avatars-renderer/Avatar.h
+++ b/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/avatars-renderer/Avatar.h
@@ -626,8 +626,8 @@ protected:
 
     LoadingStatus _loadingStatus { LoadingStatus::NoModel };
 
-    void metaBlendshapeOperator(int blendshapeNumber, const QVector<BlendshapeOffset>& blendshapeOffsets, const QVector<int>& blendedMeshSizes,
-                                const render::ItemIDs& subItemIDs);
+    static void metaBlendshapeOperator(render::ItemID renderItemID, int blendshapeNumber, const QVector<BlendshapeOffset>& blendshapeOffsets,
+                                       const QVector<int>& blendedMeshSizes, const render::ItemIDs& subItemIDs);
 };
 
 #endif // hifi_Avatar_h