Refine edge brush not working

I'm using photoshop CC on a PC. For some reason my refine edge brush tool for refining layer masks has stopped working (it used to work fine). I get the dialogue box and can change all the sliders, but when I click on the brush to refine the radius, I get a not allowed symbol. Any ideas what is going on and what I need to do to fix it?

Check that you don't have Show Original checked in the Refine Edge dialog.

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