diff --git a/ui/styling/style.ts b/ui/styling/style.ts
index 7332d0f4a..1ebe2aba2 100644
--- a/ui/styling/style.ts
+++ b/ui/styling/style.ts
@@ -601,7 +601,9 @@ export class Style extends DependencyObservable implements styling.Style {
     }
 
     public _boundsChanged() {
-        this._applyProperty(backgroundInternalProperty, this._getValue(backgroundInternalProperty));
+        if (!(<background.Background>this._getValue(backgroundInternalProperty)).isEmpty()) {
+            this._applyProperty(backgroundInternalProperty, this._getValue(backgroundInternalProperty));
+        }
     }
 
     private _applyProperty(property: Property, newValue: any) {