diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/canvas/store/canvasSlice.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/canvas/store/canvasSlice.ts
index ad0581e42f..7f41066ba1 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/canvas/store/canvasSlice.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/canvas/store/canvasSlice.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
   isCanvasMaskLine,
 } from './canvasTypes';
 import { ImageDTO } from 'services/api';
+import { sessionCanceled } from 'services/thunks/session';
 
 export const initialLayerState: CanvasLayerState = {
   objects: [],
@@ -844,6 +845,13 @@ export const canvasSlice = createSlice({
       state.isTransformingBoundingBox = false;
     },
   },
+  extraReducers: (builder) => {
+    builder.addCase(sessionCanceled.pending, (state) => {
+      if (!state.layerState.stagingArea.images.length) {
+        state.layerState.stagingArea = initialLayerState.stagingArea;
+      }
+    });
+  },
 });
 
 export const {