diff --git a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafViewer/cafViewer.cpp b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafViewer/cafViewer.cpp
index 20eac73049..a9b128b256 100644
--- a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafViewer/cafViewer.cpp
+++ b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafViewer/cafViewer.cpp
@@ -407,6 +407,10 @@ void caf::Viewer::optimizeClippingPlanes()
     }
 #endif
 
+    // TODO: Investigate why this is needed on Linux
+    // When loading grid files on Linux, the nearPlaneDist results in 0 at this point
+    nearPlaneDist = CVF_MAX(m_minNearPlaneDistance, nearPlaneDist);
+
     if (farPlaneDist <= nearPlaneDist) farPlaneDist = nearPlaneDist + 1.0;
 
     if (m_mainCamera->projection() == cvf::Camera::PERSPECTIVE)