diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/subflow.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/subflow.js
index dbed4d6ba..5ea39be6a 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/subflow.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/subflow.js
@@ -1360,14 +1360,14 @@ RED.subflow = (function() {
     }
 
     function buildEnvUIRow(row, tenv, ui) {
-
         ui.label = ui.label||{};
-        ui.opts = ui.opts||{};
         if (!ui.type) {
             ui.type = "input";
             ui.opts = {types:['str','num','bool','json','bin','env']}
         } else {
-            ui.opts = ui.opts || {};
+            if (!ui.opts) {
+                ui.opts = (ui.type === "select") ? {opts:[]} : {};
+            }
         }
 
         var labels = ui.label || {};