diff --git a/servers/rendering/renderer_rd/renderer_canvas_render_rd.cpp b/servers/rendering/renderer_rd/renderer_canvas_render_rd.cpp
index 7d55be12164..194cbfd7814 100644
--- a/servers/rendering/renderer_rd/renderer_canvas_render_rd.cpp
+++ b/servers/rendering/renderer_rd/renderer_canvas_render_rd.cpp
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ void RendererCanvasRenderRD::_render_item(RD::DrawListID p_draw_list, RID p_rend
 					}
 
 					if (rect->flags & CANVAS_RECT_TRANSPOSE) {
-						dst_rect.size.x *= -1; // Encoding in the dst_rect.z uniform
+						push_constant.flags |= FLAGS_TRANSPOSE_RECT;
 					}
 
 					if (rect->flags & CANVAS_RECT_CLIP_UV) {