diff --git a/src/ol/webgl/Buffer.js b/src/ol/webgl/Buffer.js
index 80be8acad8..c4c8b7ad73 100644
--- a/src/ol/webgl/Buffer.js
+++ b/src/ol/webgl/Buffer.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const WebGLBuffer = function(opt_arr, opt_usage) {
    * @private
    * @type {number}
    */
-  this.usage_ = opt_usage !== undefined ? opt_usage : BufferUsage;
+  this.usage_ = opt_usage !== undefined ? opt_usage : BufferUsage.STATIC_DRAW;
 
 };