diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 811ff8f644..71a6f8a7db 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 - [usd#1735](https://github.com/Autodesk/arnold-usd/issues/1735) - Fix usdskel geometry and motion blur interpolation outside the keyframe boundaries.
 - [usd#1524](https://github.com/Autodesk/arnold-usd/issues/1524) - Fix material binding on instances under a SkelRoot
 - [usd#1718](https://github.com/Autodesk/arnold-usd/issues/1718) - Support primvars:arnold attributes in Arnold typed schemas
+- [usd#1776](https://github.com/Autodesk/arnold-usd/issues/1776) - Fix incorrect PointInstancer instance orientations in the render delegate.
 
 ## [7.2.4.1] - 2023-10-18
 
diff --git a/libs/render_delegate/instancer.cpp b/libs/render_delegate/instancer.cpp
index 9c2dac03a0..b4ae74e7f2 100644
--- a/libs/render_delegate/instancer.cpp
+++ b/libs/render_delegate/instancer.cpp
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ void HdArnoldInstancer::CalculateInstanceMatrices(HdArnoldRenderDelegate* render
             if (rotates.size() > static_cast<size_t>(instanceIndex)) {
                 GfMatrix4d m(1.0);
 #if PXR_VERSION >= 2008
-                m.SetRotate(GfRotation{rotates[instanceIndex]});
+                m.SetRotate(rotates[instanceIndex]);
 #else
                 const auto quat = rotates[instanceIndex];
                 m.SetRotate(GfRotation(GfQuaternion(quat[0], GfVec3f(quat[1], quat[2], quat[3]))));
diff --git a/testsuite/test_1776/README b/testsuite/test_1776/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ee69a42a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/test_1776/README
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Test instance orientations, positions and scales
+
+author: cyril.pichard@autodesk.com 
+
+PARAMS: {'scene':'test.usda'}
diff --git a/testsuite/test_1776/data/test.usda b/testsuite/test_1776/data/test.usda
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9109b23a9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/test_1776/data/test.usda
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+#usda 1.0
+(
+    endTimeCode = 1
+    framesPerSecond = 24
+    metersPerUnit = 1
+    startTimeCode = 1
+    timeCodesPerSecond = 24
+    upAxis = "Y"
+)
+
+def PointInstancer "point_instancer" (
+    kind = "group"
+)
+{
+    float3[] extent.timeSamples = {
+        1: [(-240.63618, -10, -0.96745825), (-180.62123, 74.7527, 94.624466)],
+    }
+    int64[] invisibleIds = []
+    quath[] orientations = [(1, 0, 0.300049, 0)]
+    point3f[] positions = [(2, -5, -3)]
+    matrix3d[] primvars:transform (
+        interpolation = "varying"
+    )
+    matrix3d[] primvars:transform.timeSamples = {
+        1: [( (0.5, 0, 0.5), (0, 1, 0), (0.5, 0, 0.5) )],
+    }
+    int[] protoIndices = [0]
+    rel prototypes = </point_instancer/Prototypes/ASSET>
+    float3[] scales = [(0.8, 1.1, 0.9)]
+
+    def Scope "Prototypes" (
+        kind = "group"
+    )
+    {
+        def Xform "ASSET"
+        {
+            matrix4d xformOp:transform:xform = ( (1, 0, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0, 0), (0, 0, 1, 0), (0, 0, 0, 1) )
+            uniform token[] xformOpOrder = ["xformOp:transform:xform"]
+
+            def Mesh "mesh_0"
+            {
+                float3[] extent = [(-2.003641, -2.4241421, -3.0486922), (1.5529331, 1.3240513, 1)]
+                int[] faceVertexCounts = [3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 32, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4]
+                int[] faceVertexIndices = [0, 32, 1, 1, 32, 2, 2, 32, 3, 3, 32, 4, 4, 32, 5, 5, 32, 6, 6, 32, 7, 7, 32, 8, 8, 32, 9, 9, 32, 10, 10, 32, 11, 11, 32, 12, 12, 32, 13, 13, 32, 14, 14, 32, 15, 15, 32, 16, 16, 32, 17, 17, 32, 18, 18, 32, 19, 19, 32, 20, 20, 32, 21, 21, 32, 22, 22, 32, 23, 23, 32, 24, 24, 32, 25, 25, 32, 26, 26, 32, 27, 27, 32, 28, 28, 32, 29, 29, 32, 30, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 30, 32, 31, 31, 32, 0, 33, 34, 36, 35, 35, 36, 40, 39, 39, 40, 38, 37, 37, 38, 34, 33, 35, 39, 37, 33, 40, 36, 34, 38, 41, 42, 44, 43, 43, 44, 48, 47, 47, 48, 46, 45, 45, 46, 42, 41, 43, 47, 45, 41, 48, 44, 42, 46]
+                normal3f[] normals = [(0.087753676, 0.89097667, 0.4454883), (0.087753676, 0.89097667, 0.4454883), (0.087753676, 0.89097667, 0.4454883), (0.25988826, 0.8567369, 0.44548833), (0.25988826, 0.8567369, 0.44548833), (0.25988826, 0.8567369, 0.44548833), (0.4220357, 0.7895733, 0.44548845), (0.4220357, 0.7895733, 0.44548845), (0.4220357, 0.7895733, 0.44548845), (0.56796455, 0.6920667, 0.44548836), (0.56796455, 0.6920667, 0.44548836), (0.56796455, 0.6920667, 0.44548836), (0.6920667, 0.56796455, 0.4454883), (0.6920667, 0.56796455, 0.4454883), (0.6920667, 0.56796455, 0.4454883), (0.7895733, 0.4220357, 0.4454883), (0.7895733, 0.4220357, 0.4454883), (0.7895733, 0.4220357, 0.4454883), (0.8567369, 0.25988826, 0.4454883), (0.8567369, 0.25988826, 0.4454883), (0.8567369, 0.25988826, 0.4454883), (0.89097667, 0.087753676, 0.44548833), (0.89097667, 0.087753676, 0.44548833), (0.89097667, 0.087753676, 0.44548833), (0.89097667, -0.087753676, 0.44548833), (0.89097667, -0.087753676, 0.44548833), 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(-0.7895733, 0.4220357, 0.4454883), (-0.7895733, 0.4220357, 0.4454883), (-0.7895733, 0.4220357, 0.4454883), (-0.6920667, 0.56796455, 0.4454883), (-0.6920667, 0.56796455, 0.4454883), (-0.6920667, 0.56796455, 0.4454883), (-0.56796455, 0.6920667, 0.4454883), (-0.56796455, 0.6920667, 0.4454883), (-0.56796455, 0.6920667, 0.4454883), (-0.4220357, 0.7895733, 0.44548845), (-0.4220357, 0.7895733, 0.44548845), (-0.4220357, 0.7895733, 0.44548845), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-1.9095209e-8, 0, -1), (-0.25988826, 0.8567369, 0.4454883), (-0.25988826, 0.8567369, 0.4454883), (-0.25988826, 0.8567369, 0.4454883), (-0.087753676, 0.89097667, 0.4454883), (-0.087753676, 0.89097667, 0.4454883), (-0.087753676, 0.89097667, 0.4454883), (-0.28579602, 0.07560519, -0.95530343), (-0.28579602, 0.07560519, -0.95530343), (-0.28579602, 0.07560519, -0.95530343), (-0.28579602, 0.07560519, -0.95530343), (-0.7356793, 0.6215021, 0.269279), (-0.7356793, 0.6215021, 0.269279), (-0.7356793, 0.6215021, 0.269279), (-0.7356793, 0.6215021, 0.269279), (0.28579608, -0.07560521, 0.95530343), (0.28579608, -0.07560521, 0.95530343), (0.28579608, -0.07560521, 0.95530343), (0.28579608, -0.07560521, 0.95530343), (0.7356792, -0.6215021, -0.26927897), (0.7356792, -0.6215021, -0.26927897), (0.7356792, -0.6215021, 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-0.5520546), (0.696833, 0.45788592, -0.5520546), (0.696833, 0.45788592, -0.5520546), (0.696833, 0.45788592, -0.5520546), (-0.69683313, -0.45788574, 0.5520546), (-0.69683313, -0.45788574, 0.5520546), (-0.69683313, -0.45788574, 0.5520546), (-0.69683313, -0.45788574, 0.5520546)] (
+                    interpolation = "faceVarying"
+                )
+                point3f[] points = [(0, 1, -1), (0.19509032, 0.98078525, -1), (0.38268346, 0.9238795, -1), (0.55557024, 0.8314696, -1), (0.70710677, 0.70710677, -1), (0.8314696, 0.55557024, -1), (0.9238795, 0.38268346, -1), (0.98078525, 0.19509032, -1), (1, 0, -1), (0.98078525, -0.19509032, -1), (0.9238795, -0.38268346, -1), (0.8314696, -0.55557024, -1), (0.70710677, -0.70710677, -1), (0.55557024, -0.8314696, -1), (0.38268346, -0.9238795, -1), (0.19509032, -0.98078525, -1), (0, -1, -1), (-0.19509032, -0.98078525, -1), (-0.38268346, -0.9238795, -1), (-0.55557024, -0.8314696, -1), (-0.70710677, -0.70710677, -1), (-0.8314696, -0.55557024, -1), (-0.9238795, -0.38268346, -1), (-0.98078525, -0.19509032, -1), (-1, 0, -1), (-0.98078525, 0.19509032, -1), (-0.9238795, 0.38268346, -1), (-0.8314696, 0.55557024, -1), (-0.70710677, 0.70710677, -1), (-0.55557024, 0.8314696, -1), (-0.38268346, 0.9238795, -1), (-0.19509032, 0.98078525, -1), (0, 0, 1), (0.9813409, 0.08104706, -2.7391376), (-0.24682286, -1.4784644, -2.4951344), (-0.4900178, 1.3240513, -2.20058), (-1.7181815, -0.23546016, -1.9565766), (1.5529331, -0.07016337, -0.8285312), (0.32476935, -1.6296748, -0.5845279), (0.08157441, 1.1728408, -0.28997338), (-1.1465893, -0.3866706, -0.045970082), (0.8224175, -1.5083703, -2.046183), (-0.57124877, -2.4241421, -0.94207394), (-0.60997474, -0.5371709, -3.0486922), (-2.003641, -1.4529426, -1.9445833), (0.8995377, -0.019030184, -0.71354705), (-0.4941285, -0.9348018, 0.39056194), (-0.5328546, 0.9521692, -1.7160565), (-1.9265206, 0.036397517, -0.61194736)]
+                double3 xformOp:translate = (0, 0, 0)
+                uniform token[] xformOpOrder = ["xformOp:translate"]
+                custom bool primvars:arnold:smoothing = 0
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+def SphereLight "Light"
+{
+    float inputs:intensity = 2
+    float inputs:radius = 10
+    float3 xformOp:rotateXYZ.timeSamples = {
+        1: (-0, -180, 0),
+    }
+    double3 xformOp:translate.timeSamples = {
+        1: (-5.376137543640766, -3.7901665562419242, 11.303161481354397),
+    }
+    uniform token[] xformOpOrder = ["xformOp:translate", "xformOp:rotateXYZ"]
+}
+
+def "Cameras"
+{
+    def Camera "camera"
+    {
+        float4[] clippingPlanes = []
+        float2 clippingRange = (0.001, 1000000)
+        float focalLength = 18.147562
+        float focusDistance = 6.69269
+        float fStop = 0
+        float horizontalAperture = 20.955
+        float horizontalApertureOffset = 0
+        token projection = "perspective"
+        float verticalAperture = 11.695814
+        float verticalApertureOffset = 0
+        matrix4d xformOp:transform = ( (0.8260121945537635, 0.12253087208816199, 0.5501727363599456, 0), (-0.0028013580966152474, 0.9769657977202224, -0.21337755851472312, 0), (-0.5636452845906637, 0.1747112345277316, 0.8073289154294585, 0), (-3.3020119817570475, -3.6787410353590566, 2.742669349510537, 1) )
+        uniform token[] xformOpOrder = ["xformOp:transform"]
+    }
+}
+
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index 0000000000..5231e7d6d1
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