diff --git a/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp b/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp
index b21c1eb51..9e99fcb8a 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ using namespace osgUtil;
 void Optimizer::optimize(osg::Node* node, unsigned int options)
 {
 
+    if (options & COMBINE_ADJACENT_LODS)
+    {
+        CombineLODsVisitor clv;
+        node->accept(clv);        
+        clv.combineLODs();
+    }
+    
     if (options & FLATTEN_STATIC_TRANSFORMS)
     {
         FlattenStaticTransformsVisitor fstv;
@@ -32,13 +39,6 @@ void Optimizer::optimize(osg::Node* node, unsigned int options)
         rrnv.removeRedundentNodes();
     }
     
-    if (options & COMBINE_ADJACENT_LODS)
-    {
-        CombineLODsVisitor clv;
-        node->accept(clv);        
-        clv.combineLODs();
-    }
-    
     if (options & SHARE_DUPLICATE_STATE)
     {
     #if !defined(WIN32) || defined(_STLPORT_VERSION)