diff --git a/intern/cycles/kernel/osl/shaders/node_camera.osl b/intern/cycles/kernel/osl/shaders/node_camera.osl
index 4051dd8b273..68791b95cfa 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/kernel/osl/shaders/node_camera.osl
+++ b/intern/cycles/kernel/osl/shaders/node_camera.osl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ shader node_camera(output vector ViewVector = vector(0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
 {
   ViewVector = (vector)transform("world", "camera", P);
 
-  ViewZDepth = fabs(ViewVector[2]);
+  ViewZDepth = ViewVector[2];
   ViewDistance = length(ViewVector);
 
   ViewVector = normalize(ViewVector);