diff --git a/source/blender/bmesh/intern/bmesh_mesh_convert.c b/source/blender/bmesh/intern/bmesh_mesh_convert.c
index ba413c3c547..4ff88f24d11 100644
--- a/source/blender/bmesh/intern/bmesh_mesh_convert.c
+++ b/source/blender/bmesh/intern/bmesh_mesh_convert.c
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ void BM_mesh_bm_from_me(BMesh *bm, const Mesh *me, const struct BMeshFromMeshPar
     CustomData_bmesh_merge(&me->edata, &bm->edata, mask.emask, CD_CALLOC, bm, BM_EDGE);
     CustomData_bmesh_merge(&me->ldata, &bm->ldata, mask.lmask, CD_CALLOC, bm, BM_LOOP);
     CustomData_bmesh_merge(&me->pdata, &bm->pdata, mask.pmask, CD_CALLOC, bm, BM_FACE);
+    BM_mesh_cd_flag_apply(bm, BM_mesh_cd_flag_from_bmesh(bm) | me->cd_flag);
   }
 
   /* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */