diff --git a/android/core/src/processing/core/PShape3D.java b/android/core/src/processing/core/PShape3D.java
index b5c3a7613..33938aae7 100644
--- a/android/core/src/processing/core/PShape3D.java
+++ b/android/core/src/processing/core/PShape3D.java
@@ -2954,7 +2954,7 @@ public class PShape3D extends PShape {
         
         if (modifiedPointAttributes) {
           if (root.pointAttributesCache == null) { 
-            root.pointAttributesCache = new VertexCache(3);
+            root.pointAttributesCache = new VertexCache(2);
           }            
           root.pointAttributesCache.add(root.pointVertCopyOffset, tess.pointVertexCount, tess.pointAttributes);            
           modifiedPointAttributes = false;
diff --git a/java/libraries/opengl/src/processing/opengl/PShape3D.java b/java/libraries/opengl/src/processing/opengl/PShape3D.java
index a6111437a..9bae0451c 100644
--- a/java/libraries/opengl/src/processing/opengl/PShape3D.java
+++ b/java/libraries/opengl/src/processing/opengl/PShape3D.java
@@ -2978,7 +2978,7 @@ public class PShape3D extends PShape {
         
         if (modifiedPointAttributes) {
           if (root.pointAttributesCache == null) { 
-            root.pointAttributesCache = new VertexCache(3);
+            root.pointAttributesCache = new VertexCache(2);
           }            
           root.pointAttributesCache.add(root.pointVertCopyOffset, tess.pointVertexCount, tess.pointAttributes);            
           modifiedPointAttributes = false;