diff --git a/frontend/src/features/tabs/Inpainting/util/generateMask.ts b/frontend/src/features/tabs/Inpainting/util/generateMask.ts
index 37b3902d94..2fa2a509f9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/tabs/Inpainting/util/generateMask.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/features/tabs/Inpainting/util/generateMask.ts
@@ -5,21 +5,19 @@ import { MaskLine } from '../inpaintingSlice';
 /**
  * Re-draws the mask canvas onto a new Konva stage.
  */
-export const generateMaskCanvas = (
+const generateMask = (
   image: HTMLImageElement,
-  lines: MaskLine[]
-): {
-  stage: Konva.Stage;
-  layer: Konva.Layer;
-} => {
-  const { width, height } = image;
+  lines: MaskLine[],
+  boundingBox: IRect
+) => {
+  const { x, y, width, height } = boundingBox;
 
   const offscreenContainer = document.createElement('div');
 
   const stage = new Konva.Stage({
     container: offscreenContainer,
-    width: width,
-    height: height,
+    width: image.width,
+    height: image.height,
   });
 
   const layer = new Konva.Layer();
@@ -42,67 +40,30 @@ export const generateMaskCanvas = (
     )
   );
 
-  layer.draw();
+  // check if mask is empty
+  const pixelBuffer = new Uint32Array(
+    layer.getContext().getImageData(x, y, width, height).data.buffer
+  );
 
-  offscreenContainer.remove();
+  const isMaskEmpty = !pixelBuffer.some((color) => color !== 0);
 
-  return { stage, layer };
-};
-
-/**
- * Check if the bounding box region has only fully transparent pixels.
- */
-export const checkIsRegionEmpty = (
-  stage: Konva.Stage,
-  boundingBox: IRect
-): boolean => {
-  const imageData = stage
-    .toCanvas()
-    .getContext('2d')
-    ?.getImageData(
-      boundingBox.x,
-      boundingBox.y,
-      boundingBox.width,
-      boundingBox.height
+  if (isMaskEmpty) {
+    layer.add(
+      new Konva.Rect({
+        ...boundingBox,
+        fill: 'rgb(0,0,0)',
+      })
     );
-
-  if (!imageData) {
-    throw new Error('Unable to get image data from generated canvas');
   }
 
-  const pixelBuffer = new Uint32Array(imageData.data.buffer);
-
-  return !pixelBuffer.some((color) => color !== 0);
-};
-
-/**
- * Generating a mask image from InpaintingCanvas.tsx is not as simple
- * as calling toDataURL() on the canvas, because the mask may be represented
- * by colored lines or transparency, or the user may have inverted the mask
- * display.
- *
- * So we need to regenerate the mask image by creating an offscreen canvas,
- * drawing the mask and compositing everything correctly to output a valid
- * mask image.
- */
-const generateMask = (
-  image: HTMLImageElement,
-  lines: MaskLine[],
-  boundingBox: IRect
-): { maskDataURL: string; isMaskEmpty: boolean } => {
-  // create an offscreen canvas and add the mask to it
-  const { stage, layer } = generateMaskCanvas(image, lines);
-
-  // check if the mask layer is empty
-  const isMaskEmpty = checkIsRegionEmpty(stage, boundingBox);
-
-  // composite the image onto the mask layer
   layer.add(
     new Konva.Image({ image: image, globalCompositeOperation: 'source-out' })
   );
 
   const maskDataURL = stage.toDataURL();
 
+  offscreenContainer.remove();
+
   return { maskDataURL, isMaskEmpty };
 };