diff --git a/UI/EmuScreen.cpp b/UI/EmuScreen.cpp
index 83442497b0..dc19ce2977 100644
--- a/UI/EmuScreen.cpp
+++ b/UI/EmuScreen.cpp
@@ -1165,11 +1165,6 @@ void EmuScreen::preRender() {
 	using namespace Draw;
 	DrawContext *draw = screenManager()->getDrawContext();
 	draw->BeginFrame();
-	// Let's be consistent for the entire frame.  We skip the UI texture if we don't need it.
-	hasVisibleUI_ = hasVisibleUI();
-	if (hasVisibleUI_) {
-		screenManager()->getUIContext()->BeginFrame();
-	}
 	// Here we do NOT bind the backbuffer or clear the screen, unless non-buffered.
 	// The emuscreen is different than the others - we really want to allow the game to render to framebuffers
 	// before we ever bind the backbuffer for rendering. On mobile GPUs, switching back and forth between render
@@ -1268,7 +1263,8 @@ void EmuScreen::render() {
 	if (invalid_)
 		return;
 
-	if (hasVisibleUI_) {
+	if (hasVisibleUI()) {
+		screenManager()->getUIContext()->BeginFrame();
 		renderUI();
 	}
 
diff --git a/UI/EmuScreen.h b/UI/EmuScreen.h
index 0dd44e614a..0ac62e76e7 100644
--- a/UI/EmuScreen.h
+++ b/UI/EmuScreen.h
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ private:
 	bool invalid_;
 	bool quit_;
 	bool stopRender_ = false;
-	bool hasVisibleUI_ = true;
 	std::string errorMessage_;
 
 	// If set, pauses at the end of the frame.
diff --git a/ext/native/ui/ui_context.cpp b/ext/native/ui/ui_context.cpp
index 492191442a..914c849931 100644
--- a/ext/native/ui/ui_context.cpp
+++ b/ext/native/ui/ui_context.cpp
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ void UIContext::BeginFrame() {
 			FLOG("Failed to load ui_atlas.zim");
 		}
 	}
+	ActivateTopScissor();
 }
 
 void UIContext::Begin() {
 	draw_->BindSamplerStates(0, 1, &sampler_);
 	draw_->BindTexture(0, uitexture_->GetTexture());
-	ActivateTopScissor();
 	UIBegin(ui_pipeline_);
 }
 
diff --git a/ext/native/ui/ui_screen.cpp b/ext/native/ui/ui_screen.cpp
index eb87763ed6..a49877327d 100644
--- a/ext/native/ui/ui_screen.cpp
+++ b/ext/native/ui/ui_screen.cpp
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ void UIScreen::preRender() {
 		return;
 	}
 	draw->BeginFrame();
-	screenManager()->getUIContext()->BeginFrame();
 	// Bind and clear the back buffer
 	draw->BindFramebufferAsRenderTarget(nullptr, { RPAction::CLEAR, RPAction::CLEAR, RPAction::CLEAR, 0xFF000000 });
+	screenManager()->getUIContext()->BeginFrame();
 
 	Draw::Viewport viewport;
 	viewport.TopLeftX = 0;