diff --git a/include/osg/State b/include/osg/State
index 0410c9d3d..f777a5c29 100644
--- a/include/osg/State
+++ b/include/osg/State
@@ -72,9 +72,13 @@ class SG_EXPORT State : public Referenced
         /** push stateset onto state stack.*/
         void pushStateSet(const StateSet* dstate);
 
-        /** pop drawstate off state stack.*/
+        /** pop stateset off state stack.*/
         void popStateSet();
        
+        /** pop all stateset's off state stack, ensuring its empty ready for the next frame.
+          * note, to return OpenGL to default state, one should do any state.popAllStatSets(); state.apply().*/
+        void popAllStateSets();
+
         /** copy the modes and attributes which captures the current state.*/
         void captureCurrentState(StateSet& stateset) const;
 
diff --git a/src/osg/State.cpp b/src/osg/State.cpp
index 5c73cd701..8c6d16712 100644
--- a/src/osg/State.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/State.cpp
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ void State::pushStateSet(const StateSet* dstate)
     }
 }
 
+void State::popAllStateSets()
+{
+    while (!_drawStateStack.empty()) popStateSet();
+}
+
 void State::popStateSet()
 {
     if (_drawStateStack.empty()) return;
diff --git a/src/osgProducer/ViewerEventHandler.cpp b/src/osgProducer/ViewerEventHandler.cpp
index d59318c2e..145cf00a1 100644
--- a/src/osgProducer/ViewerEventHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/osgProducer/ViewerEventHandler.cpp
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ void ViewerEventHandler::StatsAndHelpDrawCallback::operator()( const Producer::C
        
     state.popStateSet();
     
-    state.apply();
+    //state.apply();
 
 }
 
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp b/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp
index e4c5fa31d..93da72017 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ void SceneView::cull()
     }
     
     // we in theory should be able to be able to bypass reset, but we'll call it just incase.
-    _state->reset();
+    //_state->reset();
    
     _state->setFrameStamp(_frameStamp.get());
     _state->setDisplaySettings(_displaySettings.get());
@@ -805,6 +805,9 @@ void SceneView::draw()
         _renderStage->drawPreRenderStages(*_state,previous);
         _renderStage->draw(*_state,previous);
     }
+    
+    // re apply the defalt OGL state.
+    _state->popAllStateSets();
 
     GLenum errorNo = glGetError();
     if (errorNo!=GL_NO_ERROR)