diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs
index 032eb4edd5..01d65ceec9 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 
 		public int2 SelectionSize(Actor self) { return AutoSelectionSize(self); }
 
-		public string NormalizeSequence(Actor self, string baseSequence)
+		public string NormalizeSequence(Actor self, string sequence)
 		{
-			return NormalizeSequence(DefaultAnimation, self.GetDamageState(), baseSequence);
+			return NormalizeSequence(DefaultAnimation, self.GetDamageState(), sequence);
 		}
 
 		public void PlayCustomAnim(Actor self, string name)
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSprites.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSprites.cs
index 3faad9748d..df8f56fa03 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSprites.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSprites.cs
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 			anims.Remove(key);
 		}
 
-		public static string NormalizeSequence(Animation anim, DamageState state, string baseSequence)
+		public static string NormalizeSequence(Animation anim, DamageState state, string sequence)
 		{
 			var states = new Pair<DamageState, string>[]
 			{
@@ -159,11 +159,21 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 				Pair.New(DamageState.Light, "scuffed-")
 			};
 
+			// Remove existing damage prefix
 			foreach (var s in states)
-				if (state >= s.First && anim.HasSequence(s.Second + baseSequence))
-					return s.Second + baseSequence;
+			{
+				if (sequence.StartsWith(s.Second))
+				{
+					sequence = sequence.Substring(s.Second.Length);
+					break;
+				}
+			}
 
-			return baseSequence;
+			foreach (var s in states)
+				if (state >= s.First && anim.HasSequence(s.Second + sequence))
+					return s.Second + sequence;
+
+			return sequence;
 		}
 
 		// Required by RenderSimple