diff --git a/gdk/wayland/gdkcursor-wayland.c b/gdk/wayland/gdkcursor-wayland.c
index c3e97286e1..77f279a0d4 100644
--- a/gdk/wayland/gdkcursor-wayland.c
+++ b/gdk/wayland/gdkcursor-wayland.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ _gdk_wayland_cursor_get_buffer (GdkCursor *cursor,
 {
   GdkWaylandCursor *wayland_cursor = GDK_WAYLAND_CURSOR (cursor);
 
-  if (wayland_cursor->wl_cursor)
+  if (wayland_cursor->wl_cursor && wayland_cursor->wl_cursor->image_count > 0)
     {
       struct wl_cursor_image *image;
       int cursor_scale;