diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/NativeVertexFormat.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/NativeVertexFormat.cpp
index 244df9bb5b..70dfe23df0 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/NativeVertexFormat.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/NativeVertexFormat.cpp
@@ -74,12 +74,13 @@ void D3DVertexFormat::Initialize(const PortableVertexDeclaration &_vtx_decl)
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
 	{
-		if (_vtx_decl.normal_offset[i] > 0)
+		format = &_vtx_decl.normals[i];
+		if (format->enable)
 		{
 			m_elems[m_num_elems].SemanticName = "NORMAL";
 			m_elems[m_num_elems].SemanticIndex = i;
-			m_elems[m_num_elems].AlignedByteOffset = _vtx_decl.normal_offset[i];
-			m_elems[m_num_elems].Format = VarToD3D(_vtx_decl.normal_gl_type, _vtx_decl.normal_gl_size, false);
+			m_elems[m_num_elems].AlignedByteOffset = format->offset;
+			m_elems[m_num_elems].Format = VarToD3D(format->type, format->components, format->integer);
 			m_elems[m_num_elems].InputSlotClass = D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA;
 			++m_num_elems;
 		}
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/NativeVertexFormat.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/NativeVertexFormat.cpp
index 49098b24b4..88147aa755 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/NativeVertexFormat.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/NativeVertexFormat.cpp
@@ -75,10 +75,7 @@ void GLVertexFormat::Initialize(const PortableVertexDeclaration &_vtx_decl)
 	SetPointer(SHADER_POSITION_ATTRIB, vertex_stride, vtx_decl.position);
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-		if (vtx_decl.num_normals > i) {
-			glEnableVertexAttribArray(SHADER_NORM0_ATTRIB+i);
-			glVertexAttribPointer(SHADER_NORM0_ATTRIB+i, vtx_decl.normal_gl_size, VarToGL(vtx_decl.normal_gl_type), GL_TRUE, vtx_decl.stride, (u8*)NULL + vtx_decl.normal_offset[i]);
-		}
+		SetPointer(SHADER_NORM0_ATTRIB+i, vertex_stride, vtx_decl.normals[i]);
 	}
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/NativeVertexFormat.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/NativeVertexFormat.h
index 127d8f7b8e..9e389a2d64 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/NativeVertexFormat.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/NativeVertexFormat.h
@@ -86,11 +86,8 @@ struct PortableVertexDeclaration
 	int stride;
 
 	AttributeFormat position;
+	AttributeFormat normals[3];
 
-	int num_normals;
-	int normal_offset[3];
-	VarType normal_gl_type;
-	int normal_gl_size;
 	VarType color_gl_type;  // always GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE
 	int color_offset[2];
 	VarType texcoord_gl_type[8];
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoader.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoader.cpp
index 968e98676a..42fa6a7b0c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoader.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoader.cpp
@@ -594,7 +594,6 @@ void VertexLoader::CompileVertexTranslator()
 	vtx_decl.position.integer = false;
 
 	// Normals
-	vtx_decl.num_normals = 0;
 	if (m_VtxDesc.Normal != NOT_PRESENT)
 	{
 		m_VertexSize += VertexLoader_Normal::GetSize(m_VtxDesc.Normal,
@@ -611,20 +610,13 @@ void VertexLoader::CompileVertexTranslator()
 		}
 		WriteCall(pFunc);
 
-		vtx_decl.num_normals = vtx_attr.NormalElements ? 3 : 1;
-		vtx_decl.normal_offset[0] = -1;
-		vtx_decl.normal_offset[1] = -1;
-		vtx_decl.normal_offset[2] = -1;
-		vtx_decl.normal_gl_type = VAR_FLOAT;
-		vtx_decl.normal_gl_size = 3;
-		vtx_decl.normal_offset[0] = nat_offset;
-		nat_offset += 12;
-
-		if (vtx_attr.NormalElements)
+		for (int i = 0; i < (vtx_attr.NormalElements ? 3 : 1); i++)
 		{
-			vtx_decl.normal_offset[1] = nat_offset;
-			nat_offset += 12;
-			vtx_decl.normal_offset[2] = nat_offset;
+			vtx_decl.normals[i].components = 3;
+			vtx_decl.normals[i].enable = true;
+			vtx_decl.normals[i].offset = nat_offset;
+			vtx_decl.normals[i].type = VAR_FLOAT;
+			vtx_decl.normals[i].integer = false;
 			nat_offset += 12;
 		}