diff --git a/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonGraphic.cs b/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonGraphic.cs
index 1c7ff9d38..da1523ada 100644
--- a/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonGraphic.cs
+++ b/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonGraphic.cs
@@ -711,8 +711,6 @@ namespace Spine.Unity {
 		}
 
 		public void Initialize (bool overwrite) {
-			ResetLastPositionAndRotation();
-
 			if (this.IsValid && !overwrite) return;
 #if UNITY_EDITOR
 			if (BuildUtilities.IsInSkeletonAssetBuildPreProcessing)
@@ -733,6 +731,8 @@ namespace Spine.Unity {
 			baseTexture = skeletonDataAsset.atlasAssets[0].PrimaryMaterial.mainTexture;
 			canvasRenderer.SetTexture(this.mainTexture); // Needed for overwriting initializations.
 
+			ResetLastPositionAndRotation();
+
 			// Set the initial Skin and Animation
 			if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(initialSkinName))
 				skeleton.SetSkin(initialSkinName);
diff --git a/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonRenderer.cs b/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonRenderer.cs
index f85ca5e3e..77b75fd9f 100644
--- a/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonRenderer.cs
+++ b/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonRenderer.cs
@@ -396,8 +396,6 @@ namespace Spine.Unity {
 		/// Initialize this component. Attempts to load the SkeletonData and creates the internal Skeleton object and buffers.</summary>
 		/// <param name="overwrite">If set to <c>true</c>, it will overwrite internal objects if they were already generated. Otherwise, the initialized component will ignore subsequent calls to initialize.</param>
 		public virtual void Initialize (bool overwrite, bool quiet = false) {
-			ResetLastPositionAndRotation();
-
 			if (valid && !overwrite)
 				return;
 #if UNITY_EDITOR
@@ -434,6 +432,8 @@ namespace Spine.Unity {
 				ScaleY = initialFlipY ? -1 : 1
 			};
 
+			ResetLastPositionAndRotation();
+
 			if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(initialSkinName) && !string.Equals(initialSkinName, "default", System.StringComparison.Ordinal))
 				skeleton.SetSkin(initialSkinName);