diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/subsurf_ccg.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/subsurf_ccg.cc
index bb85917b92d..024a6432257 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/subsurf_ccg.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/subsurf_ccg.cc
@@ -1700,6 +1700,7 @@ static CCGDerivedMesh *getCCGDerivedMesh(CCGSubSurf *ss,
                    0,
                    ccgSubSurf_getNumFinalFaces(ss) * 4,
                    ccgSubSurf_getNumFinalFaces(ss));
+  CustomData_free_layer_named(&ccgdm->dm.vertData, "position", ccgSubSurf_getNumFinalVerts(ss));
   CustomData_free_layer_named(&ccgdm->dm.edgeData, ".edge_verts", ccgSubSurf_getNumFinalEdges(ss));
   CustomData_free_layer_named(
       &ccgdm->dm.loopData, ".corner_vert", ccgSubSurf_getNumFinalFaces(ss) * 4);