diff --git a/tools/quake3/q3map2/shaders.c b/tools/quake3/q3map2/shaders.c
index 978856ef..1477e68b 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/q3map2/shaders.c
+++ b/tools/quake3/q3map2/shaders.c
@@ -1233,6 +1233,9 @@ static void ParseShaderFile( const char *filename ){
 				if ( !Q_stricmp( token, "q3map_sunext" ) ) {
 					ext = qtrue;
 				}
+				else {
+					ext = qfalse;
+				}
 
 				/* allocate sun */
 				sun = safe_malloc( sizeof( *sun ) );