diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/customdata.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/customdata.cc
index 82a1a2aa8f6..64e2d00dc1b 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/customdata.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/customdata.cc
@@ -3751,7 +3751,7 @@ bool CustomData_bmesh_merge(const CustomData *source,
     destold.layers = static_cast<CustomDataLayer *>(MEM_dupallocN(destold.layers));
   }
 
-  if (CustomData_merge(source, dest, mask, alloctype, 0) == false) {
+  if (CustomData_merge_mesh_to_bmesh(source, dest, mask, alloctype, 0) == false) {
     if (destold.layers) {
       MEM_freeN(destold.layers);
     }