diff --git a/intern/cycles/render/integrator.cpp b/intern/cycles/render/integrator.cpp
index 465d7ea02c6..9f8d5b50ccd 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/render/integrator.cpp
+++ b/intern/cycles/render/integrator.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ void Integrator::device_update(Device *device, DeviceScene *dscene, Scene *scene
 	 * transparent shaders in the scene. Otherwise we can disable it
 	 * to improve performance a bit. */
 	if(transparent_shadows) {
+		kintegrator->transparent_shadows = false;
 		foreach(Shader *shader, scene->shaders) {
 			/* keep this in sync with SD_HAS_TRANSPARENT_SHADOW in shader.cpp */
 			if((shader->has_surface_transparent && shader->use_transparent_shadow) || shader->has_volume) {