diff --git a/intern/cycles/blender/blender_sync.cpp b/intern/cycles/blender/blender_sync.cpp
index defdb7b447d..9fb2c6e1328 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/blender/blender_sync.cpp
+++ b/intern/cycles/blender/blender_sync.cpp
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ void BlenderSync::sync_render_layers(BL::SpaceView3D b_v3d, const char *layer)
 	if(b_v3d) {
 		render_layer.scene_layer = get_layer(b_v3d.layers());
 		render_layer.layer = render_layer.scene_layer;
+		render_layer.holdout_layer = 0;
 		render_layer.material_override = PointerRNA_NULL;
 	}
 	else {
diff --git a/intern/cycles/blender/blender_sync.h b/intern/cycles/blender/blender_sync.h
index 87080e23f28..bfb530c9f99 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/blender/blender_sync.h
+++ b/intern/cycles/blender/blender_sync.h
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ private:
 
 	struct RenderLayerInfo {
 		RenderLayerInfo()
-		: scene_layer(0), layer(0),
+		: scene_layer(0), layer(0), holdout_layer(0),
 		  material_override(PointerRNA_NULL)
 		{}