diff --git a/lib/buffer.js b/lib/buffer.js
index ebc9c5fe..f7c2c4fa 100644
--- a/lib/buffer.js
+++ b/lib/buffer.js
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ module.exports = function wrapBufferState (gl, stats, config, destroyBuffer) {
       var data = null
       var byteLength = 0
       var dtype = 0
-      var dimension = 1
+      var dimension = buffer && buffer.dimension || 1
       if (Array.isArray(options) ||
           isTypedArray(options) ||
           isNDArrayLike(options) ||