diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 322757e7..ef1230fb 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Unreleased
 
 * qbsp: fixed surface edge corruption when using skip surfaces
+* qbsp: fixed portal generation for transparent water and detail nodes
 * qbsp: added "-noskip" option for troubleshooting skip related problems
 * vis: fix portal stack corruption in ClipStackWinding
 * bsputil: added a "--check" option to check internal data consistency
diff --git a/qbsp/portals.c b/qbsp/portals.c
index 4bb8425a..239b0545 100644
--- a/qbsp/portals.c
+++ b/qbsp/portals.c
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ ClusterContents(const node_t *node)
 {
     int contents0, contents1;
 
-    /* Either a leaf or non-detail node */
-    if (node->contents || !node->detail_separator)
+    /* Pass the leaf contents up the stack */
+    if (node->contents)
 	return node->contents;
 
     contents0 = ClusterContents(node->children[0]);