diff --git a/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.cpp b/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.cpp
index d0ebdd14c8..653a1c84a6 100644
--- a/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.cpp
@@ -1058,6 +1058,7 @@ void View3DInventorViewer::setEditingViewProvider(Gui::ViewProvider* vp, int Mod
 {
     this->editViewProvider = vp;
     this->editViewProvider->setEditViewer(this, ModNum);
+    this->navigation->findBoundingSphere();
     addEventCallback(SoEvent::getClassTypeId(), Gui::ViewProvider::eventCallback,this->editViewProvider);
 }