diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/ModelRenderer.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/ModelRenderer.cs
index eeceef210b..96d5a2bdf0 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/ModelRenderer.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/ModelRenderer.cs
@@ -278,7 +278,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			shader.SetVec("AmbientLight", ambientLight, 3);
 			shader.SetVec("DiffuseLight", diffuseLight, 3);
 
-			shader.Render(() => renderer.DrawBatch(cache.VertexBuffer, renderData.Start, renderData.Count, PrimitiveType.TriangleList));
+			shader.PrepareRender();
+			renderer.DrawBatch(cache.VertexBuffer, renderData.Start, renderData.Count, PrimitiveType.TriangleList);
 		}
 
 		public void BeginFrame()
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/PlatformInterfaces.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/PlatformInterfaces.cs
index 12a2259ab7..fe1ffcc450 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/PlatformInterfaces.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/PlatformInterfaces.cs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		void SetVec(string name, float[] vec, int length);
 		void SetTexture(string param, ITexture texture);
 		void SetMatrix(string param, float[] mtx);
-		void Render(Action a);
+		void PrepareRender();
 	}
 
 	public enum TextureScaleFilter { Nearest, Linear }
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteRenderer.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteRenderer.cs
index 4b29b19967..07e1c74654 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteRenderer.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteRenderer.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 	{
 		readonly Renderer renderer;
 		readonly IShader shader;
-		readonly Action renderAction;
 
 		readonly Vertex[] vertices;
 		Sheet currentSheet;
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			this.renderer = renderer;
 			this.shader = shader;
 			vertices = new Vertex[renderer.TempBufferSize];
-			renderAction = () => renderer.DrawBatch(vertices, nv, PrimitiveType.TriangleList);
 		}
 
 		public void Flush()
@@ -41,7 +39,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 					shader.SetTexture("DiffuseTexture", currentSheet.GetTexture());
 
 				renderer.Device.SetBlendMode(currentBlend);
-				shader.Render(renderAction);
+				shader.PrepareRender();
+				renderer.DrawBatch(vertices, nv, PrimitiveType.TriangleList);
 				renderer.Device.SetBlendMode(BlendMode.None);
 
 				nv = 0;
@@ -106,7 +105,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 		{
 			shader.SetTexture("DiffuseTexture", sheet.GetTexture());
 			renderer.Device.SetBlendMode(blendMode);
-			shader.Render(() => renderer.DrawBatch(buffer, start, length, type));
+			shader.PrepareRender();
+			renderer.DrawBatch(buffer, start, length, type);
 			renderer.Device.SetBlendMode(BlendMode.None);
 		}
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/Shader.cs b/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/Shader.cs
index 3517948f80..a373054887 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/Shader.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/Shader.cs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Platforms.Default
 			}
 		}
 
-		public void Render(Action a)
+		public void PrepareRender()
 		{
 			VerifyThreadAffinity();
 			OpenGL.glUseProgram(program);
@@ -143,8 +143,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Platforms.Default
 			}
 
 			OpenGL.CheckGLError();
-			a();
-			OpenGL.CheckGLError();
 		}
 
 		public void SetTexture(string name, ITexture t)