diff --git a/engine/src/niftygui/com/jme3/niftygui/JmeBatchRenderBackend.java b/engine/src/niftygui/com/jme3/niftygui/JmeBatchRenderBackend.java
index 2a4c57909..4282c6b17 100644
--- a/engine/src/niftygui/com/jme3/niftygui/JmeBatchRenderBackend.java
+++ b/engine/src/niftygui/com/jme3/niftygui/JmeBatchRenderBackend.java
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ public class JmeBatchRenderBackend implements BatchRenderBackend {
       renderManager.setForcedRenderState(renderState);
 
       material.setTexture("ColorMap", textureAtlas);
+      mesh.updateCounts();
       material.render(meshGeometry, renderManager);
       renderManager.setForcedRenderState(null);
     }