diff --git a/gpui/src/elements/empty.rs b/gpui/src/elements/empty.rs
index 330b77ae4b4a9e34e094bd7f56a162a63d2e5f1f..f5d038bb504bd7fd630bbc1f6d082e0eaa7c75af 100644
--- a/gpui/src/elements/empty.rs
+++ b/gpui/src/elements/empty.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+use crate::geometry::{
+    rect::RectF,
+    vector::{vec2f, Vector2F},
+};
 use crate::{
     AfterLayoutContext, Element, Event, EventContext, LayoutContext, PaintContext, SizeConstraint,
 };
-use pathfinder_geometry::{rect::RectF, vector::Vector2F};
 
 pub struct Empty;
 
@@ -20,7 +23,18 @@ impl Element for Empty {
         constraint: SizeConstraint,
         _: &mut LayoutContext,
     ) -> (Vector2F, Self::LayoutState) {
-        (constraint.max, ())
+        let x = if constraint.max.x().is_finite() {
+            constraint.max.x()
+        } else {
+            constraint.min.x()
+        };
+        let y = if constraint.max.y().is_finite() {
+            constraint.max.y()
+        } else {
+            constraint.min.y()
+        };
+
+        (vec2f(x, y), ())
     }
 
     fn after_layout(&mut self, _: Vector2F, _: &mut Self::LayoutState, _: &mut AfterLayoutContext) {
diff --git a/gpui/src/elements/new.rs b/gpui/src/elements/new.rs
index 896c14328875f7a1eb1cdcf72e876ee2fb380c35..9cde49417152edde87e014793351873b91921cf5 100644
--- a/gpui/src/elements/new.rs
+++ b/gpui/src/elements/new.rs
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ impl<T: Element> AnyElement for Lifecycle<T> {
             | Lifecycle::PostLayout { mut element, .. }
             | Lifecycle::PostPaint { mut element, .. } => {
                 let (size, layout) = element.layout(constraint, ctx);
+                debug_assert!(size.x().is_finite());
+                debug_assert!(size.y().is_finite());
+
                 result = Some(size);
                 Lifecycle::PostLayout {
                     element,