diff --git a/source/blender/animrig/intern/bone_collections.cc b/source/blender/animrig/intern/bone_collections.cc
index 26ecbffd303..dd044869ec3 100644
--- a/source/blender/animrig/intern/bone_collections.cc
+++ b/source/blender/animrig/intern/bone_collections.cc
@@ -1314,6 +1314,7 @@ int armature_bonecoll_move_to_parent(bArmature *armature,
   BoneCollection armature_root;
   armature_root.child_count = armature->collection_root_count;
   armature_root.child_index = 0;
+  armature_root.flags = default_flags;
 
   BoneCollection *from_parent = from_parent_index >= 0 ?
                                     armature->collection_array[from_parent_index] :