diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js
index 3460e20632..56d2e316e0 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer.prototype.prepareFrame =
         feature, frameStateResolution, pixelRatio, styleFunction, replayGroup);
     this.dirty_ = this.dirty_ || dirty;
   };
-  if (goog.isDef(vectorLayerRenderOrder)) {
+  if (!goog.isNull(vectorLayerRenderOrder)) {
     var features = vectorSource.getFeaturesInExtent(extent);
     goog.array.sort(features, vectorLayerRenderOrder);
     goog.array.forEach(features, renderFeature, this);