diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/sequencer.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/sequencer.c
index 2b44ba9ce68..339432c2b77 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/sequencer.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/sequencer.c
@@ -1782,6 +1782,9 @@ static bool seq_proxy_multiview_context_invalid(Sequence *seq, Scene *scene, con
 			BLI_path_abs(path, G.main->name);
 			BKE_scene_multiview_view_prefix_get(scene, path, prefix, &ext);
 		}
+		else {
+			prefix[0] = '\0';
+		}
 
 		if (prefix[0] == '\0')
 			return view_id != 0;
@@ -2739,6 +2742,9 @@ static ImBuf *seq_render_image_strip(const SeqRenderData *context, Sequence *seq
 				goto monoview_image;
 			}
 		}
+		else {
+			prefix[0] = '\0';
+		}
 
 		totviews = BKE_scene_multiview_num_views_get(&context->scene->r);
 		ibufs_arr = MEM_callocN(sizeof(ImBuf *) * totviews, "Sequence Image Views Imbufs");