diff --git a/source/blender/draw/intern/mesh_extractors/extract_mesh_vbo_paint_overlay_flag.cc b/source/blender/draw/intern/mesh_extractors/extract_mesh_vbo_paint_overlay_flag.cc
index c49d3839e31..06b23428e09 100644
--- a/source/blender/draw/intern/mesh_extractors/extract_mesh_vbo_paint_overlay_flag.cc
+++ b/source/blender/draw/intern/mesh_extractors/extract_mesh_vbo_paint_overlay_flag.cc
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ static void extract_paint_overlay_flags(const MeshRenderData &mr, MutableSpan<in
     selection = mr.select_vert;
   }
   if (selection.is_empty() && mr.hide_poly.is_empty() && (!mr.edit_bmesh || !mr.orig_index_vert)) {
+    flags.fill(0);
     return;
   }
   const OffsetIndices faces = mr.faces;