diff --git a/visualization/src/pcl_visualizer.cpp b/visualization/src/pcl_visualizer.cpp
index 02f9857a9f0..7dfbbe3900e 100644
--- a/visualization/src/pcl_visualizer.cpp
+++ b/visualization/src/pcl_visualizer.cpp
@@ -3520,10 +3520,10 @@ pcl::visualization::PCLVisualizer::addTextureMesh (const pcl::TextureMesh &mesh,
   std::size_t tex_id = 0;
   while (tex_id < last_tex_id)
   {
-#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION > 5
-    const char *tu = mesh.tex_materials[tex_id].tex_name.c_str ();
-#else
+#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION < 8
     int tu = vtkProperty::VTK_TEXTURE_UNIT_0 + tex_id;
+#else
+    const char *tu = mesh.tex_materials[tex_id].tex_name.c_str ();
 #endif
 
     vtkSmartPointer<vtkTexture> texture = vtkSmartPointer<vtkTexture>::New ();