diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index 8a03ada339d..f76582bc657 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ Mathieu Scheltienne <mathieu.scheltienne@gmail.com> Mathieu Scheltienne <7389361
 Mathieu Scheltienne <mathieu.scheltienne@gmail.com> Mathieu Scheltienne <mathieu.scheltienne@fcbg.ch>
 Mathurin Massias <mathurin.massias@gmail.com> mathurinm <mathurin.massias@gmail.com>
 Mathurin Massias <mathurin.massias@gmail.com> mathurinm <mathurinm@users.noreply.github.com>
-Mats van Es <mats.vanes@psych.ox.ac.uk> Mats <mats.vanes@psych.ox.ac.uk
+Mats van Es <mats.vanes@psych.ox.ac.uk> Mats <mats.vanes@psych.ox.ac.uk>
 Matt Sanderson <monkey_man_192@yahoo.com.au> monkeyman192 <monkey_man_192@yahoo.com.au>
 Matteo Anelli <matteo.anelli@aalto.fi> Matteo Anelli <matteanelli.96.11@gmail.com>
 Matteo Visconti di Oleggio Castello <matteo.visconti.gr@dartmouth.edu> Matteo Visconti dOC <matteo.visconti.gr@dartmouth.edu>
diff --git a/doc/changes/dev/13470.bugfix.rst b/doc/changes/dev/13470.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a17c377e45e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changes/dev/13470.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix bug with :func:`mne.viz.plot_topomap` that caused unexpected channel name plotting when using a mask, by `Michael Straube`_.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mne/viz/topomap.py b/mne/viz/topomap.py
index 5627c2d7237..1bd585bb4f1 100644
--- a/mne/viz/topomap.py
+++ b/mne/viz/topomap.py
@@ -1422,11 +1422,8 @@ def _plot_topomap(
     if isinstance(outlines, dict):
         _draw_outlines(axes, outlines)
 
-    if names is not None:
-        show_idx = np.arange(len(names)) if mask is None else np.where(mask)[0]
-        for ii, (_pos, _name) in enumerate(zip(pos, names)):
-            if ii not in show_idx:
-                continue
+    if names is not None and sensors:
+        for _pos, _name in zip(pos, names):
             axes.text(
                 _pos[0],
                 _pos[1],