diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/attribute_access.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/attribute_access.cc
index 2ba03b6d1cf..5996fd5f7ea 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/attribute_access.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/attribute_access.cc
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ bool allow_procedural_attribute_access(StringRef attribute_name)
   if (attribute_name.startswith(".hide")) {
     return false;
   }
+  if (attribute_name.startswith(".uv")) {
+    return false;
+  }
   if (attribute_name.startswith("." UV_VERTSEL_NAME ".")) {
     return false;
   }