diff --git a/frontend/src/app/render_wasm/api.cljs b/frontend/src/app/render_wasm/api.cljs
index 89e96f323..ada20b757 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/render_wasm/api.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/render_wasm/api.cljs
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
               (let [size   (sr-fills/gradient-byte-size gradient)
                     offset (mem/alloc-bytes size)
                     heap   (mem/get-heap-u32)]
-                (sr-fills/serialize-gradient-fill gradient opacity heap offset)
+                (sr-fills/write-gradient-fill! offset heap gradient opacity)
                 (case (:type gradient)
                   :linear
                   (h/call wasm/internal-module "_add_shape_linear_fill")
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
               (let [size   (sr-fills/gradient-byte-size gradient)
                     offset (mem/alloc-bytes size)
                     heap   (mem/get-heap-u32)]
-                (sr-fills/serialize-gradient-fill gradient opacity heap offset)
+                (sr-fills/write-gradient-fill! offset heap gradient opacity)
                 (case (:type gradient)
                   :linear
                   (h/call wasm/internal-module "_add_shape_stroke_linear_fill")
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/render_wasm/serializers/fills.cljs b/frontend/src/app/render_wasm/serializers/fills.cljs
index 4bdad7323..e841bb0eb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/render_wasm/serializers/fills.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/render_wasm/serializers/fills.cljs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
   (let [stops (:stops gradient)]
     (+ GRADIENT-BASE-SIZE (* (count stops) GRADIENT-STOP-SIZE))))
 
-(defn serialize-gradient-fill
-  [gradient opacity heap offset]
+(defn write-gradient-fill!
+  [offset heap gradient opacity]
   (let [dview   (js/DataView. (.-buffer heap))
         start-x (:start-x gradient)
         start-y (:start-y gradient)
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
     (.setFloat32 dview (+ offset 16) opacity true)
     (.setFloat32 dview (+ offset 20) width true)
     (loop [stops (seq stops) offset (+ offset GRADIENT-BASE-SIZE)]
-      (when-not (empty? stops)
+      (if (empty? stops)
+        offset
         (let [stop (first stops)
               hex-color (:color stop)
               opacity (:opacity stop)