diff --git a/imgui_draw.cpp b/imgui_draw.cpp
index f5923641..9da0ad1c 100644
--- a/imgui_draw.cpp
+++ b/imgui_draw.cpp
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ void ImDrawList::ChannelsMerge()
         if (int sz = ch.CmdBuffer.Size) { memcpy(cmd_write, ch.CmdBuffer.Data, sz * sizeof(ImDrawCmd)); cmd_write += sz; }
         if (int sz = ch.IdxBuffer.Size) { memcpy(_IdxWritePtr, ch.IdxBuffer.Data, sz * sizeof(ImDrawIdx)); _IdxWritePtr += sz; }
     }
-    AddDrawCmd();
+    UpdateClipRect(); // We call this instead of AddDrawCmd(), so that empty channels won't produce an extra draw call.
     _ChannelsCount = 1;
 }