diff --git a/source/blender/editors/curve/editcurve_paint.c b/source/blender/editors/curve/editcurve_paint.c
index 7f3015193ba..b249af1c8b6 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/curve/editcurve_paint.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/curve/editcurve_paint.c
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ static bool stroke_elem_project(
         float surface_offset, const float radius,
         float r_location_world[3], float r_normal_world[3])
 {
-	View3D *v3d = cdd->vc.v3d;
 	ARegion *ar = cdd->vc.ar;
 	RegionView3D *rv3d = cdd->vc.rv3d;
 
@@ -204,7 +203,7 @@ static bool stroke_elem_project(
 	if (cdd->project.use_plane) {
 		/* get the view vector to 'location' */
 		float ray_origin[3], ray_direction[3];
-		ED_view3d_win_to_ray_clipped(cdd->depsgraph, cdd->vc.ar, v3d, mval_fl, ray_origin, ray_direction, false);
+		ED_view3d_win_to_ray(ar, mval_fl, ray_origin, ray_direction);
 
 		float lambda;
 		if (isect_ray_plane_v3(ray_origin, ray_direction, cdd->project.plane, &lambda, true)) {
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/include/ED_view3d.h b/source/blender/editors/include/ED_view3d.h
index bb272873aec..8e9c1736122 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/include/ED_view3d.h
+++ b/source/blender/editors/include/ED_view3d.h
@@ -260,6 +260,9 @@ bool ED_view3d_win_to_ray_clipped_ex(
         struct Depsgraph *depsgraph,
         const struct ARegion *ar, const struct View3D *v3d, const float mval[2],
         float r_ray_co[3], float r_ray_normal[3], float r_ray_start[3], bool do_clip);
+void ED_view3d_win_to_ray(
+        const struct ARegion *ar, const float mval[2],
+        float r_ray_start[3], float r_ray_normal[3]);
 void ED_view3d_global_to_vector(const struct RegionView3D *rv3d, const float coord[3], float vec[3]);
 void ED_view3d_win_to_3d(
         const struct View3D *v3d, const struct ARegion *ar,
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_project.c b/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_project.c
index 719530c7293..6e8b7c281ce 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_project.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_project.c
@@ -408,6 +408,24 @@ bool ED_view3d_win_to_ray_clipped(
 	return ED_view3d_win_to_ray_clipped_ex(depsgraph, ar, v3d, mval, NULL, r_ray_normal, r_ray_start, do_clip_planes);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Calculate a 3d viewpoint and direction vector from 2d window coordinates.
+ * This ray_start is located at the viewpoint, ray_normal is the direction towards mval.
+ * \param ar The region (used for the window width and height).
+ * \param mval The area relative 2d location (such as event->mval, converted into float[2]).
+ * \param r_ray_start The world-space point where the ray intersects the window plane.
+ * \param r_ray_normal The normalized world-space direction of towards mval.
+ *
+ * \note Ignores view near/far clipping, to take this into account use #ED_view3d_win_to_ray_clipped.
+ */
+void ED_view3d_win_to_ray(
+        const ARegion *ar, const float mval[2],
+        float r_ray_start[3], float r_ray_normal[3])
+{
+	ED_view3d_win_to_origin(ar, mval, r_ray_start);
+	ED_view3d_win_to_vector(ar, mval, r_ray_normal);
+}
+
 /**
  * Calculate a normalized 3d direction vector from the viewpoint towards a global location.
  * In orthographic view the resulting vector will match the view vector.