diff --git a/shell/browser/api/electron_api_desktop_capturer.cc b/shell/browser/api/electron_api_desktop_capturer.cc
index 1fcb7fbaa54c..d0b3f40b5dcc 100644
--- a/shell/browser/api/electron_api_desktop_capturer.cc
+++ b/shell/browser/api/electron_api_desktop_capturer.cc
@@ -328,8 +328,9 @@ void DesktopCapturer::StartHandling(bool capture_window,
         window_capturer_->SetThumbnailSize(thumbnail_size);
 #if BUILDFLAG(IS_MAC)
         window_capturer_->skip_next_refresh_ =
-            ShouldUseThumbnailCapturerMac(DesktopMediaList::Type::kWindow) ? 2
-                                                                           : 0;
+            ShouldUseThumbnailCapturerMac(DesktopMediaList::Type::kWindow)
+                ? thumbnail_size.IsEmpty() ? 1 : 2
+                : 0;
 #endif
 
         OnceCallback update_callback = base::BindOnce(
@@ -358,8 +359,9 @@ void DesktopCapturer::StartHandling(bool capture_window,
         screen_capturer_->SetThumbnailSize(thumbnail_size);
 #if BUILDFLAG(IS_MAC)
         screen_capturer_->skip_next_refresh_ =
-            ShouldUseThumbnailCapturerMac(DesktopMediaList::Type::kScreen) ? 2
-                                                                           : 0;
+            ShouldUseThumbnailCapturerMac(DesktopMediaList::Type::kScreen)
+                ? thumbnail_size.IsEmpty() ? 1 : 2
+                : 0;
 #endif
 
         OnceCallback update_callback = base::BindOnce(
diff --git a/spec/api-desktop-capturer-spec.ts b/spec/api-desktop-capturer-spec.ts
index 5bb4943183b1..a3ff4df4a388 100644
--- a/spec/api-desktop-capturer-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/api-desktop-capturer-spec.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,22 @@ ifdescribe(!process.arch.includes('arm') && process.platform !== 'win32')('deskt
     }
   });
 
+  it('enabling thumbnail should return non-empty images', async () => {
+    const w2 = new BrowserWindow({ show: false, width: 200, height: 200, webPreferences: { contextIsolation: false } });
+    const wShown = once(w2, 'show');
+    w2.show();
+    await wShown;
+
+    const isNonEmpties: boolean[] = (await desktopCapturer.getSources({
+      types: ['window', 'screen'],
+      thumbnailSize: { width: 100, height: 100 }
+    })).map(s => s.thumbnail.constructor.name === 'NativeImage' && !s.thumbnail.isEmpty());
+
+    w2.destroy();
+    expect(isNonEmpties).to.be.an('array').that.is.not.empty();
+    expect(isNonEmpties.every(e => e === true)).to.be.true();
+  });
+
   it('disabling thumbnail should return empty images', async () => {
     const w2 = new BrowserWindow({ show: false, width: 200, height: 200, webPreferences: { contextIsolation: false } });
     const wShown = once(w2, 'show');