diff --git a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_surface.c b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_surface.c
index 72b68788e79..39bff205cbd 100644
--- a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_surface.c
+++ b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_surface.c
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ void wm_surface_add(wmSurface *surface)
 
 void wm_surface_remove(wmSurface *surface)
 {
+  if (surface == g_drawable) {
+    wm_surface_clear_drawable();
+  }
   BLI_remlink(&global_surface_list, surface);
   surface->free_data(surface);
   MEM_freeN(surface);