2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/mbgl/renderer/bucket.hpp b/src/mbgl/renderer/bucket.hpp
index 6c391cf014..a411daf3d4 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/renderer/bucket.hpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/renderer/bucket.hpp
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ public:
     Bucket() = default;
     virtual ~Bucket() = default;
 
+    // Feature geometries are also used to populate the feature index.
+    // Obtaining these is a costly operation, so we do it only once, and
+    // pass-by-const-ref the geometries as a second parameter.
     virtual void addFeature(const GeometryTileFeature&,
                             const GeometryCollection&) {};
 
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ public:
     };
 
     bool needsUpload() const {
-        return !uploaded;
+        return hasData() && !uploaded;
     }
 
 protected:
diff --git a/src/mbgl/renderer/buckets/symbol_bucket.cpp b/src/mbgl/renderer/buckets/symbol_bucket.cpp
index cbddade899..28e6a47250 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/renderer/buckets/symbol_bucket.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/renderer/buckets/symbol_bucket.cpp
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ void SymbolBucket::render(Painter& painter,
 }
 
 bool SymbolBucket::hasData() const {
-    assert(false); // Should be calling SymbolLayout::has{Text,Icon,CollisonBox}Data() instead.
-    return false;
+    return hasTextData() || hasIconData() || hasCollisionBoxData();
 }
 
 bool SymbolBucket::hasTextData() const {