diff --git a/lib/mayaHydra/hydraExtensions/adapters/materialNetworkConverter.cpp b/lib/mayaHydra/hydraExtensions/adapters/materialNetworkConverter.cpp
index 72ed6ff07..6cce4f4a0 100644
--- a/lib/mayaHydra/hydraExtensions/adapters/materialNetworkConverter.cpp
+++ b/lib/mayaHydra/hydraExtensions/adapters/materialNetworkConverter.cpp
@@ -552,13 +552,11 @@ class MayaHydraOpenPBRTransmissionMaterialAttrConverter : public MayaHydraComput
             val = 1.0e-4f;
         }
 
-        float fGeometryOpacity = 1.0f;
         if (geometryOpacity.IsHolding<float>()) {
-            fGeometryOpacity = geometryOpacity.UncheckedGet<float>();
+            float fGeometryOpacity = geometryOpacity.UncheckedGet<float>();
+            val *= fGeometryOpacity;
         }
 
-        val *= fGeometryOpacity;
-
         return VtValue(val);
     }
 };