diff --git a/cocos/2d/CCLabel.cpp b/cocos/2d/CCLabel.cpp
index 66bd184470..f853ab05e0 100644
--- a/cocos/2d/CCLabel.cpp
+++ b/cocos/2d/CCLabel.cpp
@@ -646,6 +646,55 @@ void Label::setLineBreakWithoutSpace(bool breakWithoutSpace)
     }
 }
 
+void Label::updateLabelLetters()
+{
+    if (!_letters.empty())
+    {
+        Rect uvRect;
+        LabelLetter* letterSprite;
+        int letterIndex;
+
+        for (auto it = _letters.begin(); it != _letters.end();)
+        {
+            letterIndex = it->first;
+            letterSprite = (LabelLetter*)it->second;
+
+            if (letterIndex >= _lengthOfString)
+            {
+                Node::removeChild(letterSprite, true);
+                it = _letters.erase(it);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                auto& letterInfo = _lettersInfo[letterIndex];
+                auto& letterDef = _fontAtlas->_letterDefinitions[letterInfo.utf16Char];
+                uvRect.size.height = letterDef.height;
+                uvRect.size.width = letterDef.width;
+                uvRect.origin.x = letterDef.U;
+                uvRect.origin.y = letterDef.V;
+
+                letterSprite->setTexture(_fontAtlas->getTexture(letterDef.textureID));
+                if (letterDef.width <= 0.f || letterDef.height <= 0.f)
+                {
+                    letterSprite->setTextureAtlas(nullptr);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    letterSprite->setTextureRect(uvRect, false, uvRect.size);
+                    letterSprite->setTextureAtlas(_batchNodes.at(letterDef.textureID)->getTextureAtlas());
+                    letterSprite->setAtlasIndex(_lettersInfo[letterIndex].atlasIndex);
+                }
+
+                auto px = letterInfo.positionX + letterDef.width / 2 + _linesOffsetX[letterInfo.lineIndex];
+                auto py = letterInfo.positionY - letterDef.height / 2 + _letterOffsetY;
+                letterSprite->setPosition(px, py);
+
+                ++it;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void Label::alignText()
 {
     if (_fontAtlas == nullptr || _utf16Text.empty())
@@ -690,44 +739,10 @@ void Label::alignText()
     }
     computeAlignmentOffset();
 
-    if (!_letters.empty())
-    {
-        Rect uvRect;
-        Sprite* letterSprite;
-        int letterIndex;
-
-        for (auto it = _letters.begin(); it != _letters.end();)
-        {
-            letterIndex = it->first;
-            letterSprite = it->second;
-
-            if (letterIndex >= _lengthOfString)
-            {
-                Node::removeChild(letterSprite, true);
-                it = _letters.erase(it);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                auto& letterInfo = _lettersInfo[letterIndex];
-                auto& letterDef = _fontAtlas->_letterDefinitions[letterInfo.utf16Char];
-                uvRect.size.height = letterDef.height;
-                uvRect.size.width = letterDef.width;
-                uvRect.origin.x = letterDef.U;
-                uvRect.origin.y = letterDef.V;
-
-                letterSprite->setBatchNode(_batchNodes.at(letterDef.textureID));
-                letterSprite->setTextureRect(uvRect, false, uvRect.size);
-                auto px = letterInfo.positionX + letterDef.width / 2 + _linesOffsetX[letterInfo.lineIndex];
-                auto py = letterInfo.positionY - letterDef.height / 2 + _letterOffsetY;
-                letterSprite->setPosition(px,py);
-
-                ++it;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     updateQuads();
 
+    updateLabelLetters();
+
     updateColor();
 }
 
@@ -1372,7 +1387,7 @@ Sprite* Label::getLetter(int letterIndex)
         if (_systemFontDirty || _currentLabelType == LabelType::STRING_TEXTURE)
         {
             break;
-        }  
+        }
 
         auto contentDirty = _contentDirty;
         if (contentDirty)
@@ -1393,16 +1408,16 @@ Sprite* Label::getLetter(int letterIndex)
                 letter = _letters[letterIndex];
             }
 
-            auto& letterDef = _fontAtlas->_letterDefinitions[letterInfo.utf16Char];
-            auto textureID = letterDef.textureID;
-            Rect uvRect;
-            uvRect.size.height = letterDef.height;
-            uvRect.size.width = letterDef.width;
-            uvRect.origin.x = letterDef.U;
-            uvRect.origin.y = letterDef.V;
-
             if (letter == nullptr)
             {
+                auto& letterDef = _fontAtlas->_letterDefinitions[letterInfo.utf16Char];
+                auto textureID = letterDef.textureID;
+                Rect uvRect;
+                uvRect.size.height = letterDef.height;
+                uvRect.size.width = letterDef.width;
+                uvRect.origin.x = letterDef.U;
+                uvRect.origin.y = letterDef.V;
+
                 if (letterDef.width <= 0.f || letterDef.height <= 0.f)
                 {
                     letter = LabelLetter::create();
@@ -1421,19 +1436,6 @@ Sprite* Label::getLetter(int letterIndex)
                 addChild(letter);
                 _letters[letterIndex] = letter;
             }
-            else if (contentDirty)
-            {
-                if (letterDef.width <= 0.f || letterDef.height <= 0.f)
-                {
-                    letter->setTextureAtlas(nullptr);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    letter->setTexture(_fontAtlas->getTexture(textureID));
-                    letter->setTextureRect(uvRect, false, uvRect.size);
-                    letter->setTextureAtlas(_batchNodes.at(textureID)->getTextureAtlas());
-                }
-            }
         }
     } while (false);
 
diff --git a/cocos/2d/CCLabel.h b/cocos/2d/CCLabel.h
index 0b29f3ffa8..931e0f577d 100644
--- a/cocos/2d/CCLabel.h
+++ b/cocos/2d/CCLabel.h
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ protected:
     bool multilineTextWrapByChar();
     bool multilineTextWrapByWord();
 
+    void updateLabelLetters();
     virtual void alignText();
     void computeAlignmentOffset();
     bool computeHorizontalKernings(const std::u16string& stringToRender);