diff --git a/engine/src/bullet-common/com/jme3/bullet/util/CollisionShapeFactory.java b/engine/src/bullet-common/com/jme3/bullet/util/CollisionShapeFactory.java
index 3f38e0e50..38551ea3f 100644
--- a/engine/src/bullet-common/com/jme3/bullet/util/CollisionShapeFactory.java
+++ b/engine/src/bullet-common/com/jme3/bullet/util/CollisionShapeFactory.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class CollisionShapeFactory {
                 shape.addChildShape(new HeightfieldCollisionShape(terrain.getHeightMap(), terrain.getLocalScale()),
                         trans.getTranslation(),
                         trans.getRotation().toRotationMatrix());
-            } else if (spatial instanceof Geometry && !((Geometry)spatial).isBatched()) {
+            } else if (spatial instanceof Geometry) {
                 Boolean bool = spatial.getUserData(UserData.JME_PHYSICSIGNORE);
                 if (bool != null && bool.booleanValue()) {
                     continue; // go to the next child in the loop
diff --git a/engine/src/core/com/jme3/scene/BatchNode.java b/engine/src/core/com/jme3/scene/BatchNode.java
index 4c9d47271..8af70b5f8 100644
--- a/engine/src/core/com/jme3/scene/BatchNode.java
+++ b/engine/src/core/com/jme3/scene/BatchNode.java
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ public class BatchNode extends Node implements Savable {
         //we set the batch geometries to ignore transforms to avoid transforms of parent nodes to be applied twice        
         for (Batch batch : batches.getArray()) {
             batch.geometry.setIgnoreTransform(true);
+            batch.geometry.setUserData(UserData.JME_PHYSICSIGNORE, true);
         }
     }