diff --git a/libs/ui/Region.cpp b/libs/ui/Region.cpp
index a3d8b01b8..2569ae174 100644
--- a/libs/ui/Region.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/Region.cpp
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ void Region::boolean_operation(int op, Region& dst,
 
 void Region::translate(Region& reg, int dx, int dy)
 {
-    if (!reg.isEmpty()) {
+    if ((dx || dy) && !reg.isEmpty()) {
 #if VALIDATE_REGIONS
         validate(reg, "translate (before)");
 #endif