diff --git a/src/common/utilities/load_save.cpp b/src/common/utilities/load_save.cpp
index 4874e0d7c..bbb87a8c1 100644
--- a/src/common/utilities/load_save.cpp
+++ b/src/common/utilities/load_save.cpp
@@ -247,7 +247,9 @@ void saveMeshWithStandardParameters(
 	ioPlugin->exportMaskCapability(extension, capability, defaultBits);
 	RichParameterList saveParams = ioPlugin->initSaveParameter(extension, m);
 
-	ioPlugin->save(extension, fileName, m, capability, saveParams, cb);
+	if (defaultBits & vcg::tri::io::Mask::IOM_BITPOLYGONAL)
+		m.updateDataMask(MeshModel::MM_FACEFACETOPO);
+	ioPlugin->save(extension, fileName, m, defaultBits, saveParams, cb);
 	m.setFileName(fileName);
 	m.saveTextures(fi.absolutePath(), -1, log, cb);
 }
diff --git a/src/meshlab/mainwindow_RunTime.cpp b/src/meshlab/mainwindow_RunTime.cpp
index f94df1793..3509756f5 100644
--- a/src/meshlab/mainwindow_RunTime.cpp
+++ b/src/meshlab/mainwindow_RunTime.cpp
@@ -2461,6 +2461,8 @@ bool MainWindow::exportMesh(QString fileName,MeshModel* mod,const bool saveAllPo
 		qb->reset();
 
 		try {
+			if (mask & vcg::tri::io::Mask::IOM_BITPOLYGONAL)
+				mod->updateDataMask(MeshModel::MM_FACEFACETOPO);
 			pCurrentIOPlugin->save(extension, fileName, *mod ,mask,savePar,QCallBack);
 			QFileInfo finfo(fileName);
 			if (saveTextures)
diff --git a/src/meshlabplugins/io_base/baseio.cpp b/src/meshlabplugins/io_base/baseio.cpp
index 6214d76c1..0f63edf06 100644
--- a/src/meshlabplugins/io_base/baseio.cpp
+++ b/src/meshlabplugins/io_base/baseio.cpp
@@ -459,8 +459,6 @@ void BaseMeshIOPlugin::save(const QString &formatName, const QString &fileName,
 	}
 	else if (formatName.toUpper() == tr("OFF"))
 	{
-		if (mask & tri::io::Mask::IOM_BITPOLYGONAL)
-			m.updateDataMask(MeshModel::MM_FACEFACETOPO);
 		int result = tri::io::ExporterOFF<CMeshO>::Save(m.cm, filename.c_str(), mask);
 		if (result != 0)
 		{
@@ -474,7 +472,6 @@ void BaseMeshIOPlugin::save(const QString &formatName, const QString &fileName,
 
 		if (mask & tri::io::Mask::IOM_BITPOLYGONAL)
 		{
-			m.updateDataMask(MeshModel::MM_FACEFACETOPO);
 			PMesh pm;
 			tri::PolygonSupport<CMeshO, PMesh>::ImportFromTriMesh(pm, m.cm);
 			result = tri::io::ExporterOBJ<PMesh>::Save(pm, filename.c_str(), mask, cb);
diff --git a/src/vcglib b/src/vcglib
index 094918662..0f320aa67 160000
--- a/src/vcglib
+++ b/src/vcglib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 094918662bb7819332f2d2b3f7986a7ec62ecdf7
+Subproject commit 0f320aa6710d60e2940432d07757ef91d835e19c