diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/geometry_set.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/geometry_set.cc
index cc7145b8e14..98e8a9d12e6 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/geometry_set.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/geometry_set.cc
@@ -404,7 +404,10 @@ bool GeometrySet::has_realized_data() const
 {
   for (const GeometryComponentPtr &component_ptr : components_) {
     if (component_ptr) {
-      if (component_ptr->type() != GeometryComponent::Type::Instance) {
+      if (!ELEM(component_ptr->type(),
+                GeometryComponent::Type::Instance,
+                GeometryComponent::Type::Edit))
+      {
         return true;
       }
     }