diff --git a/crates/edit/src/tests.rs b/crates/edit/src/tests.rs
index 934153a321..a10ace0ae1 100644
--- a/crates/edit/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/edit/src/tests.rs
@@ -5041,6 +5041,8 @@ fn ungroup_refuses_what_would_draw_differently() {
     ungroup(&[("Group", group(&[]))], fill, "/H gs /One gs", half()).unwrap();
     // The translucency ends with its q … Q scope.
     ungroup(&[("Group", group(&[]))], fill, "q /H gs Q", half()).unwrap();
+    // A Q with no q to restore is ignored, as the renderer ignores it: the translucency stays.
+    refused(ungroup(&[("Group", group(&[]))], fill, "/H gs Q", half()), "translucent");
     // Without a group, translucency at the Do applies to each part just as it would inline.
     ungroup(&[], fill, "/H gs", half()).unwrap();
     ungroup(&[("Group", group(&[]))], fill, "", None).unwrap();
diff --git a/crates/edit/src/ungroup.rs b/crates/edit/src/ungroup.rs
index 73c255f747..ed7ba908a7 100644
--- a/crates/edit/src/ungroup.rs
+++ b/crates/edit/src/ungroup.rs
@@ -691,7 +691,8 @@ pub(crate) fn translucent_at(doc: &Document, resources: &Dict, ops: &[Op], at: u
     for op in ops.iter().take(at) {
         match op.op.as_slice() {
             b"q" => stack.push(now),
-            b"Q" => now = stack.pop().unwrap_or([false; 4]),
+            // A Q with nothing to restore is ignored, as renderers ignore it.
+            b"Q" => now = stack.pop().unwrap_or(now),
             b"gs" => {
                 let Ok(Some((_, i))) = resource_operand(op) else { continue };
                 let Some(gs) = op.name(i).and_then(|n| states.get(n)).map(|g| doc.resolve(g)).and_then(|g| g.as_dict().cloned()) else {