diff --git a/src/osg/Texture.cpp b/src/osg/Texture.cpp
index ec3948f1f..f50e5f045 100644
--- a/src/osg/Texture.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/Texture.cpp
@@ -2310,22 +2310,21 @@ void Texture::applyTexImage2D_load(State& state, GLenum target, const Image* ima
             int width  = inwidth;
             int height = inheight;
 
-            bool useTexStorage = extensions->isTextureStorageEnabled && extensions->isTexStorage2DSupported() && (_borderWidth==0);
-            GLenum sizedInternalFormat = useTexStorage ? selectSizedInternalFormat(image) : 0;
-            OSG_NOTICE<<"New path useTexStorage="<<useTexStorage<<", sizedInternalFormat="<<sizedInternalFormat<<std::endl;
+            GLenum texStoragesizedInternalFormat = extensions->isTextureStorageEnabled && extensions->isTexStorage2DSupported() && (_borderWidth==0) ? selectSizedInternalFormat(image) : 0;
 
-            if (useTexStorage && sizedInternalFormat!=0)
+            if (texStoragesizedInternalFormat!=0)
             {
                 if (getTextureTarget()==GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP)
                 {
                     if (target==GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_X)
                     {
-                        extensions->glTexStorage2D(GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP, numMipmapLevels, sizedInternalFormat, width, height);
+                        // only allocate on first face image
+                        extensions->glTexStorage2D(GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP, numMipmapLevels, texStoragesizedInternalFormat, width, height);
                     }
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    extensions->glTexStorage2D(target, numMipmapLevels, sizedInternalFormat, width, height);
+                    extensions->glTexStorage2D(target, numMipmapLevels, texStoragesizedInternalFormat, width, height);
                 }
 
                 if( !compressed_image )