diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp
index 1d698d47a6..e389ed80d0 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp
@@ -1311,6 +1311,8 @@ void ModelEntityRenderer::doRenderUpdateSynchronousTyped(const ScenePointer& sce
             emit DependencyManager::get<scriptable::ModelProviderFactory>()->
                 modelRemovedFromScene(entity->getEntityItemID(), NestableType::Entity, _model);
         }
+        setKey(false);
+        _didLastVisualGeometryRequestSucceed = false;
         return;
     }