diff -r fed1595b188e -r 5e30ef2e26cb m3g/m3gcore11/src/m3g_appearance.c
--- a/m3g/m3gcore11/src/m3g_appearance.c	Sat Feb 20 00:07:50 2010 +0200
+++ b/m3g/m3gcore11/src/m3g_appearance.c	Fri Mar 12 15:50:05 2010 +0200
@@ -427,9 +427,8 @@
 
         if (appearance != NULL) {
     		m3gInitObject(&appearance->object, m3g, M3G_CLASS_APPEARANCE);
+            m3gRegenerateSortKey(appearance);
         }
-
-        m3gRegenerateSortKey(appearance);
         
         return (M3GAppearance) appearance;
     }