diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/OpenFlight/FltExportVisitor.h b/src/osgPlugins/OpenFlight/FltExportVisitor.h
index e125d8166..0a89aa978 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/OpenFlight/FltExportVisitor.h
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/OpenFlight/FltExportVisitor.h
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public:
     void writeLocalVertexPool( const osg::Geometry& geom );
     void writeMultitexture( const osg::Geometry& geom );
     void writeUVList( int numVerts, const osg::Geometry& geom, const std::vector<unsigned int>& indices );
-    void writeUVList( int numVerts, const osg::Geometry& geom, unsigned int first);
+    void writeUVList( int numVerts, const osg::Geometry& geom, unsigned int first=0);
 
     // Light Point records
     void writeLightPoint();
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/OpenFlight/expGeometryRecords.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/OpenFlight/expGeometryRecords.cpp
index a712efb66..de61c193c 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/OpenFlight/expGeometryRecords.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/OpenFlight/expGeometryRecords.cpp
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ FltExportVisitor::handleDrawArrays( const osg::DrawArrays* da, const osg::Geomet
             int numVerts = writeVertexList( first, n );
             first += n;
 
-            writeUVList( numVerts, geom, first );
+            writeUVList( numVerts, geom );
 
             writePop();
         }
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ FltExportVisitor::handleDrawArrayLengths( const osg::DrawArrayLengths* dal, cons
                     first += n;
                 }
 
-                writeUVList( numVerts, geom, first );
+                writeUVList( numVerts, geom );
 
                 writePop();
             }