diff --git a/src/objects/BatchedMesh.js b/src/objects/BatchedMesh.js
index a05daa75bb21e6..ad22d5043f5255 100644
--- a/src/objects/BatchedMesh.js
+++ b/src/objects/BatchedMesh.js
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ class BatchedMesh extends Mesh {
 		// flags
 		this._visibilityChanged = true;
 		this._geometryInitialized = false;
+		this._availableInstanceIdsSorted = true;
+		this._availableGeometryIdsSorted = true;
 
 		// cached user options
 		this._maxInstanceCount = maxInstanceCount;
@@ -580,7 +582,12 @@ class BatchedMesh extends Mesh {
 		// Prioritize using previously freed instance ids
 		if ( this._availableInstanceIds.length > 0 ) {
 
-			this._availableInstanceIds.sort( ascIdSort );
+			if ( ! this._availableInstanceIdsSorted ) {
+
+				this._availableInstanceIds.sort( ascIdSort );
+				this._availableInstanceIdsSorted = true;
+
+			}
 
 			drawId = this._availableInstanceIds.shift();
 			this._instanceInfo[ drawId ] = instanceInfo;
@@ -677,7 +684,12 @@ class BatchedMesh extends Mesh {
 		let geometryId;
 		if ( this._availableGeometryIds.length > 0 ) {
 
-			this._availableGeometryIds.sort( ascIdSort );
+			if ( ! this._availableGeometryIdsSorted ) {
+
+				this._availableGeometryIds.sort( ascIdSort );
+				this._availableGeometryIdsSorted = true;
+
+			}
 
 			geometryId = this._availableGeometryIds.shift();
 			geometryInfoList[ geometryId ] = geometryInfo;
@@ -846,6 +858,7 @@ class BatchedMesh extends Mesh {
 
 		geometryInfoList[ geometryId ].active = false;
 		this._availableGeometryIds.push( geometryId );
+		this._availableGeometryIdsSorted = false;
 		this._visibilityChanged = true;
 
 		return this;
@@ -864,6 +877,7 @@ class BatchedMesh extends Mesh {
 
 		this._instanceInfo[ instanceId ].active = false;
 		this._availableInstanceIds.push( instanceId );
+		this._availableInstanceIdsSorted = false;
 		this._visibilityChanged = true;
 
 		return this;
@@ -1250,7 +1264,13 @@ class BatchedMesh extends Mesh {
 		// shrink the available instances as much as possible
 		const availableInstanceIds = this._availableInstanceIds;
 		const instanceInfo = this._instanceInfo;
-		availableInstanceIds.sort( ascIdSort );
+		if ( ! this._availableInstanceIdsSorted ) {
+
+			availableInstanceIds.sort( ascIdSort );
+			this._availableInstanceIdsSorted = true;
+
+		}
+
 		while ( availableInstanceIds[ availableInstanceIds.length - 1 ] === instanceInfo.length - 1 ) {
 
 			instanceInfo.pop();
@@ -1445,6 +1465,8 @@ class BatchedMesh extends Mesh {
 
 		this._availableInstanceIds = source._availableInstanceIds.slice();
 		this._availableGeometryIds = source._availableGeometryIds.slice();
+		this._availableInstanceIdsSorted = source._availableInstanceIdsSorted;
+		this._availableGeometryIdsSorted = source._availableGeometryIdsSorted;
 
 		this._nextIndexStart = source._nextIndexStart;
 		this._nextVertexStart = source._nextVertexStart;