diff --git a/pipelined/bevy_render2/src/texture/image.rs b/pipelined/bevy_render2/src/texture/image.rs
index 61416694727a16..11c98f1b2b3c41 100644
--- a/pipelined/bevy_render2/src/texture/image.rs
+++ b/pipelined/bevy_render2/src/texture/image.rs
@@ -25,15 +25,17 @@ pub struct Image {
 
 impl Default for Image {
     fn default() -> Self {
+        let format = wgpu::TextureFormat::Rgba8UnormSrgb;
+        let data = vec![0; format.pixel_size() as usize];
         Image {
-            data: Default::default(),
+            data,
             texture_descriptor: wgpu::TextureDescriptor {
                 size: wgpu::Extent3d {
                     width: 1,
                     height: 1,
                     depth_or_array_layers: 1,
                 },
-                format: wgpu::TextureFormat::Rgba8UnormSrgb,
+                format,
                 dimension: wgpu::TextureDimension::D2,
                 label: None,
                 mip_level_count: 1,