diff --git a/Sources/arm/node/MakePaint.hx b/Sources/arm/node/MakePaint.hx
index a1d45dd9..a3cb3d57 100644
--- a/Sources/arm/node/MakePaint.hx
+++ b/Sources/arm/node/MakePaint.hx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class MakePaint {
 		con_paint.data.color_writes_green = [true, true, true, true];
 		con_paint.data.color_writes_blue = [true, true, true, true];
 		con_paint.data.color_writes_alpha = [true, true, true, true];
-		con_paint.allow_vcols = Context.paintObject.data.geom.cols;
+		con_paint.allow_vcols = Context.paintObject.data.geom.cols != null;
 
 		var vert = con_paint.make_vert();
 		var frag = con_paint.make_frag();