diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/lib/ui/painting/vertices.cc b/engine/src/flutter/lib/ui/painting/vertices.cc
index 2e23fcd975..0f29ad593b 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/lib/ui/painting/vertices.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/lib/ui/painting/vertices.cc
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void Vertices::init(SkVertices::VertexMode vertex_mode,
   }
   if (colors.data()) {
     // SkVertices::Builder assumes equal numbers of elements
-    FML_DCHECK(positions.num_elements() == colors.num_elements());
+    FML_DCHECK(positions.num_elements() / 2 == colors.num_elements());
     DecodeInts<SkColor>(colors, builder.colors());
   }