diff --git a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
index ac34b9751a6c95..d7e723930c961e 100644
--- a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
+++ b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
@@ -1699,6 +1699,8 @@ class WebGLRenderer {
 
 			this.info.render.frame ++;
 
+			if ( this.info.autoReset === true ) this.info.reset();
+
 			if ( _clippingEnabled === true ) clipping.beginShadows();
 
 			const shadowsArray = currentRenderState.state.shadowsArray;
@@ -1709,8 +1711,6 @@ class WebGLRenderer {
 
 			//
 
-			if ( this.info.autoReset === true ) this.info.reset();
-
 			// render scene (skip if first effect is a render pass - it will render the scene itself)
 
 			const skipSceneRender = useOutput && output.hasRenderPass();