diff --git a/libraries/fbx/src/OBJReader.cpp b/libraries/fbx/src/OBJReader.cpp
index 02b0afdf26..03e24c9046 100644
--- a/libraries/fbx/src/OBJReader.cpp
+++ b/libraries/fbx/src/OBJReader.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ glm::vec3 OBJTokenizer::getVec3() {
     return v;
 }
 glm::vec2 OBJTokenizer::getVec2() {
-    auto v = glm::vec2(getFloat(), 1.0f - getFloat());  // OBJ has an odd sense of u, v. Also N.B.: getFloat() has side-effect
+    float uCoord = getFloat();
+    float vCoord = 1.0f - getFloat();
+    auto v = glm::vec2(uCoord, vCoord);
     while (isNextTokenFloat()) {
         // there can be a w, but we don't handle that
         nextToken();