diff --git a/src/render/painter.js b/src/render/painter.js
index 32fbe08548b..165a1e6e91c 100644
--- a/src/render/painter.js
+++ b/src/render/painter.js
@@ -589,6 +589,7 @@ class Painter {
      */
     isPatternMissing(image: ?CrossFaded<ResolvedImage>): boolean {
         if (!image) return false;
+        if (!image.from || !image.to) return true;
         const imagePosA = this.imageManager.getPattern(image.from.toString());
         const imagePosB = this.imageManager.getPattern(image.to.toString());
         return !imagePosA || !imagePosB;
diff --git a/test/integration/render-tests/regressions/mapbox-gl-js#9518/expected.png b/test/integration/render-tests/regressions/mapbox-gl-js#9518/expected.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ed60094c40
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/integration/render-tests/regressions/mapbox-gl-js#9518/expected.png differ
diff --git a/test/integration/render-tests/regressions/mapbox-gl-js#9518/style.json b/test/integration/render-tests/regressions/mapbox-gl-js#9518/style.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a7d66de5770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/render-tests/regressions/mapbox-gl-js#9518/style.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "version": 8,
+  "metadata": {
+    "test": {
+      "width": 8,
+      "height": 8
+    }
+  },
+  "zoom": 3,
+  "sources": {},
+  "sprite": "local://sprites/emerald",
+  "layers": [
+    {
+      "id": "background",
+      "type": "background",
+      "paint": {
+        "background-pattern": [
+          "step",
+          ["zoom"],
+          "",
+          5,
+          "cemetery_icon"
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}