diff --git a/src/render/vulkan/SDL_render_vulkan.c b/src/render/vulkan/SDL_render_vulkan.c
index bf22e1ed1c..2cc6da444e 100644
--- a/src/render/vulkan/SDL_render_vulkan.c
+++ b/src/render/vulkan/SDL_render_vulkan.c
@@ -3159,7 +3159,7 @@ static bool VULKAN_UpdateVertexBuffer(SDL_Renderer *renderer,
     VULKAN_Buffer *vertexBuffer;
 
     if (dataSizeInBytes == 0) {
-        return 0; // nothing to do.
+        return true; // nothing to do.
     }
 
     if (rendererData->issueBatch) {