diff --git a/Source/Engine/Animations/Graph/AnimGraph.cpp b/Source/Engine/Animations/Graph/AnimGraph.cpp
index eda4dfca6..af14f5f56 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/Animations/Graph/AnimGraph.cpp
+++ b/Source/Engine/Animations/Graph/AnimGraph.cpp
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ bool AnimGraph::Load(ReadStream* stream, bool loadMeta)
 {
     Version++;
     _bucketsCounter = 0;
+    _bucketInitializerList.Clear();
     _customNodes.Clear();
 
     // Base
diff --git a/Source/Engine/Animations/Graph/AnimGraph.h b/Source/Engine/Animations/Graph/AnimGraph.h
index 398471ea1..aa361edbe 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/Animations/Graph/AnimGraph.h
+++ b/Source/Engine/Animations/Graph/AnimGraph.h
@@ -698,7 +698,6 @@ public:
         : AnimGraphBase(this)
         , _isFunction(isFunction)
         , _isRegisteredForScriptingEvents(false)
-        , _bucketInitializerList(64)
         , _owner(owner)
     {
     }
diff --git a/Source/Engine/Animations/Graph/AnimGroup.Animation.cpp b/Source/Engine/Animations/Graph/AnimGroup.Animation.cpp
index 91ef4457b..ff8c32c20 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/Animations/Graph/AnimGroup.Animation.cpp
+++ b/Source/Engine/Animations/Graph/AnimGroup.Animation.cpp
@@ -1764,12 +1764,6 @@ void AnimGraphExecutor::ProcessGroupAnimation(Box* boxBase, Node* nodeBase, Valu
         const float blendDuration = (float)tryGetValue(node->GetBox(2), node->Values[1]);
         const int32 poseCount = Math::Clamp(node->Values[2].AsInt, 0, MaxBlendPoses);
         const AlphaBlendMode mode = (AlphaBlendMode)node->Values[3].AsInt;
-        if (bucket.PreviousBlendPoseIndex >= poseCount || bucket.PreviousBlendPoseIndex < -1)
-        {
-            // TODO: find out why BlendPoseBucketInit is not called in some state machines?
-            bucket.TransitionPosition = 0.0f;
-            bucket.PreviousBlendPoseIndex = -1;
-        }
 
         // Skip if nothing to blend
         if (poseCount == 0 || poseIndex < 0 || poseIndex >= poseCount)