diff --git a/mp/src/game/client/clientshadowmgr.cpp b/mp/src/game/client/clientshadowmgr.cpp
index 12aea406a..208ebf328 100644
--- a/mp/src/game/client/clientshadowmgr.cpp
+++ b/mp/src/game/client/clientshadowmgr.cpp
@@ -2626,6 +2626,13 @@ void CClientShadowMgr::BuildFlashlight( ClientShadowHandle_t handle )
 
 	VPROF_BUDGET( "CClientShadowMgr::BuildFlashlight", VPROF_BUDGETGROUP_SHADOW_DEPTH_TEXTURING );
 
+	// Don't project the flashlight if the frustum AABB is not in our view
+	Vector mins, maxs;
+	CalculateAABBFromProjectionMatrix(shadow.m_WorldToShadow, &mins, &maxs);
+ 
+	if(engine->CullBox(mins, maxs))
+		return;
+
 	bool bLightModels = r_flashlightmodels.GetBool();
 	bool bLightSpecificEntity = shadow.m_hTargetEntity.Get() != NULL;
 	bool bLightWorld = ( shadow.m_Flags & SHADOW_FLAGS_LIGHT_WORLD ) != 0;
diff --git a/sp/src/game/client/clientshadowmgr.cpp b/sp/src/game/client/clientshadowmgr.cpp
index 6470bfca4..6647fbdf8 100644
--- a/sp/src/game/client/clientshadowmgr.cpp
+++ b/sp/src/game/client/clientshadowmgr.cpp
@@ -2623,6 +2623,13 @@ void CClientShadowMgr::BuildFlashlight( ClientShadowHandle_t handle )
 
 	VPROF_BUDGET( "CClientShadowMgr::BuildFlashlight", VPROF_BUDGETGROUP_SHADOW_DEPTH_TEXTURING );
 
+	// Don't project the flashlight if the frustum AABB is not in our view
+	Vector mins, maxs;
+	CalculateAABBFromProjectionMatrix(shadow.m_WorldToShadow, &mins, &maxs);
+ 
+	if(engine->CullBox(mins, maxs))
+		return;
+
 	bool bLightModels = r_flashlightmodels.GetBool();
 	bool bLightSpecificEntity = shadow.m_hTargetEntity.Get() != NULL;
 	bool bLightWorld = ( shadow.m_Flags & SHADOW_FLAGS_LIGHT_WORLD ) != 0;