diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp
index 3a01650a04..deba00d9c1 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ void RenderableModelEntityItem::updateModelBounds() {
     }
 
     if (model->getScaleToFitDimensions() != getScaledDimensions() ||
-            model->getRegistrationPoint() != getRegistrationPoint()) {
+            model->getRegistrationPoint() != getRegistrationPoint() ||
+            !model->getIsScaledToFit()) {
         // The machinery for updateModelBounds will give existing models the opportunity to fix their
         // translation/rotation/scale/registration.  The first two are straightforward, but the latter two
         // have guards to make sure they don't happen after they've already been set.  Here we reset those guards.