diff --git a/src/r_data/models.cpp b/src/r_data/models.cpp
index 3d5c742a6..bb35af03c 100644
--- a/src/r_data/models.cpp
+++ b/src/r_data/models.cpp
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ void InitModels()
 		smf.modelIDs[0] = VoxelDefs[i]->Voxel->VoxelIndex;
 		smf.skinIDs.Alloc(1);
 		smf.skinIDs[0] = md->GetPaletteTexture();
+		smf.animationIDs.Alloc(1);
+		smf.animationIDs[0] = -1;
 		smf.xscale = smf.yscale = smf.zscale = VoxelDefs[i]->Scale;
 		smf.angleoffset = VoxelDefs[i]->AngleOffset.Degrees();
 		if (VoxelDefs[i]->PitchFromMomentum) smf.flags |= MDL_PITCHFROMMOMENTUM;