diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Player/FrozenActorLayer.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Player/FrozenActorLayer.cs
index dc74e6c188..9c5c90a14d 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Player/FrozenActorLayer.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Player/FrozenActorLayer.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 		public readonly Rectangle Bounds;
 		readonly Actor actor;
 
-		public IRenderable[] Renderables { private get; set; }
 		public Player Owner;
 
 		public ITooltipInfo TooltipInfo;
@@ -40,6 +39,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 
 		public bool Visible;
 
+		public bool IsRendering { get; private set; }
+
 		public FrozenActor(Actor self, MPos[] footprint, CellRegion footprintRegion, Shroud shroud)
 		{
 			actor = self;
@@ -53,11 +54,16 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 		}
 
 		public uint ID { get { return actor.ActorID; } }
-		public bool IsValid { get { return Owner != null && HasRenderables; } }
+		public bool IsValid { get { return Owner != null; } }
 		public ActorInfo Info { get { return actor.Info; } }
 		public Actor Actor { get { return !actor.IsDead ? actor : null; } }
 
+		static readonly IRenderable[] NoRenderables = new IRenderable[0];
+
 		int flashTicks;
+		IRenderable[] renderables = NoRenderables;
+		bool needRenderables;
+
 		public void Tick(Shroud shroud)
 		{
 			UpdateVisibility(shroud);
@@ -68,6 +74,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 
 		void UpdateVisibility(Shroud shroud)
 		{
+			var wasVisible = Visible;
+
 			// We are doing the following LINQ manually to avoid allocating an extra delegate since this is a hot path.
 			// Visible = !Footprint.Any(shroud.IsVisibleTest(FootprintRegion));
 			var isVisibleTest = shroud.IsVisibleTest(FootprintRegion);
@@ -78,6 +86,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 					Visible = false;
 					break;
 				}
+
+			if (Visible && !wasVisible)
+				needRenderables = true;
 		}
 
 		public void Flash()
@@ -87,20 +98,28 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 
 		public IEnumerable<IRenderable> Render(WorldRenderer wr)
 		{
-			if (Renderables == null)
-				return SpriteRenderable.None;
+			if (needRenderables)
+			{
+				needRenderables = false;
+				if (!actor.Destroyed)
+				{
+					IsRendering = true;
+					renderables = actor.Render(wr).ToArray();
+					IsRendering = false;
+				}
+			}
 
 			if (flashTicks > 0 && flashTicks % 2 == 0)
 			{
 				var highlight = wr.Palette("highlight");
-				return Renderables.Concat(Renderables.Where(r => !r.IsDecoration)
+				return renderables.Concat(renderables.Where(r => !r.IsDecoration)
 					.Select(r => r.WithPalette(highlight)));
 			}
 
-			return Renderables;
+			return renderables;
 		}
 
-		public bool HasRenderables { get { return Renderables != null && Renderables.Any(); } }
+		public bool HasRenderables { get { return renderables.Any(); } }
 
 		public override string ToString()
 		{
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Modifiers/FrozenUnderFog.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Modifiers/FrozenUnderFog.cs
index 9ffaa2356e..87c2914833 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Modifiers/FrozenUnderFog.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Modifiers/FrozenUnderFog.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 		public object Create(ActorInitializer init) { return new FrozenUnderFog(init, this); }
 	}
 
-	public class FrozenUnderFog : IRenderModifier, IVisibilityModifier, ITick, ITickRender, ISync
+	public class FrozenUnderFog : IRenderModifier, IVisibilityModifier, ITick, ISync
 	{
 		[Sync] public int VisibilityHash;
 
@@ -104,20 +104,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 			initialized = true;
 		}
 
-		public void TickRender(WorldRenderer wr, Actor self)
-		{
-			if (self.Destroyed || !initialized || !visible.Values.Any(v => v))
-				return;
-
-			var renderables = self.Render(wr).ToArray();
-			foreach (var player in self.World.Players)
-				if (visible[player])
-					frozen[player].Renderables = renderables;
-		}
-
 		public IEnumerable<IRenderable> ModifyRender(Actor self, WorldRenderer wr, IEnumerable<IRenderable> r)
 		{
-			return IsVisible(self, self.World.RenderPlayer) ? r : SpriteRenderable.None;
+			return IsVisible(self, self.World.RenderPlayer) || (initialized && frozen[self.World.RenderPlayer].IsRendering) ? r : SpriteRenderable.None;
 		}
 	}
 }
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