diff --git a/tools/quake3/q3map2/surface.cpp b/tools/quake3/q3map2/surface.cpp
index 57d7dc4e..34b08caa 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/q3map2/surface.cpp
+++ b/tools/quake3/q3map2/surface.cpp
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ void ClassifySurfaces( int numSurfs, mapDrawSurface_t *ds ){
 		{
 			ds->planeNum = -1;
 			ds->lightmapVecs[ 2 ].set( 0 );
-			//% if( ds->type == SURF_META || ds->type == SURF_FACE )
+			//% if( ds->type == ESurfaceType::Meta || ds->type == ESurfaceType::Face )
 			//%		Sys_Warning( "Non-planar face (%d): %s\n", ds->planeNum, ds->shaderInfo->shader );
 		}
 
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ static shaderInfo_t *GetIndexedShader( const shaderInfo_t *parent, const indexMa
 
 /*
    DrawSurfaceForSide()
-   creates a SURF_FACE drawsurface from a given brush side and winding
+   creates a ESurfaceType::Face drawsurface from a given brush side and winding
    stores references to given brush and side
  */
 
diff --git a/tools/quake3/q3map2/surface_meta.cpp b/tools/quake3/q3map2/surface_meta.cpp
index 84cbfd2e..287e97be 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/q3map2/surface_meta.cpp
+++ b/tools/quake3/q3map2/surface_meta.cpp
@@ -1663,6 +1663,10 @@ static void MetaTrianglesToSurface( int *fOld, int *numAdded ){
 		/* classify the surface */
 		ClassifySurfaces( 1, ds );
 		//% Sys_Warning( "numV: %d numIdx: %d\n", ds->numVerts, ds->numIndexes );
+		/* ClassifySurfaces() sets axis from vertex normals
+		   method is very questionable and axis actually happens to be wrong after normals passed through SmoothMetaTriangles()
+		   use metaTriangle_t::lightmapAxis which is guaranteedly set and used as main factor for triangles merge */
+		ds->lightmapAxis = seed.lightmapAxis;
 
 		/* add to count */
 		numMergedSurfaces++;