diff --git a/intern/cycles/blender/blender_shader.cpp b/intern/cycles/blender/blender_shader.cpp
index f97407100db..6175c8ea399 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/blender/blender_shader.cpp
+++ b/intern/cycles/blender/blender_shader.cpp
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ static ShaderNode *add_node(Scene *scene, BL::BlendData b_data, BL::Scene b_scen
 		BL::ShaderNodeTexSky b_sky_node(b_node);
 		SkyTextureNode *sky = new SkyTextureNode();
 		sky->type = SkyTextureNode::type_enum[(int)b_sky_node.sky_type()];
-		sky->sun_direction = get_float3(b_sky_node.sun_direction());
+		sky->sun_direction = normalize(get_float3(b_sky_node.sun_direction()));
 		sky->turbidity = b_sky_node.turbidity();
 		sky->ground_albedo = b_sky_node.ground_albedo();
 		get_tex_mapping(&sky->tex_mapping, b_sky_node.texture_mapping());