diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plDrawable/plDrawableSpans.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plDrawable/plDrawableSpans.cpp
index 2fa789cb9f..5012b8c44d 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plDrawable/plDrawableSpans.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plDrawable/plDrawableSpans.cpp
@@ -1783,8 +1783,11 @@ void plDrawableSpans::SortVisibleSpans(const std::vector<int16_t>& visList, plPi
 
     plProfile_IncCount(FacesSorted, totTris);
 
-    sortScratch.resize(totTris);
-    triList.resize(3 * totTris);
+    if( sortScratch.size() < totTris )
+    {
+        sortScratch.resize(totTris);
+        triList.resize(3 * totTris);
+    }
 
     hsRadixSort::Elem* elem = sortScratch.data();