diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/r300/r300_emit.c b/src/gallium/drivers/r300/r300_emit.c
index 2bf8fbd684a..5ac6ed866f3 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/r300/r300_emit.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/r300/r300_emit.c
@@ -1000,6 +1000,10 @@ void r300_emit_dirty_state(struct r300_context* r300)
         r300->context.flush(&r300->context, 0, NULL);
     }
 
+    if (!(r300->dirty_state)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     /* Clean out BOs. */
     r300->winsys->reset_bos(r300->winsys);