diff --git a/menu/drivers/materialui.c b/menu/drivers/materialui.c
index cc4c3aa8ae..3fdef434ba 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/materialui.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/materialui.c
@@ -738,6 +738,13 @@ static int mui_get_core_title(char *s, size_t len)
    return 0;
 }
 
+static void mui_draw_bg(menu_display_ctx_draw_t *draw)
+{
+   menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_BLEND_BEGIN, NULL);
+   menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_DRAW_BG, draw);
+   menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_BLEND_END, NULL);
+}
+
 static void mui_frame(void *data)
 {
    unsigned header_height;
@@ -847,7 +854,7 @@ static void mui_frame(void *data)
             && !draw.force_transparency && draw.texture)
          draw.color             = &white_bg[0];
 
-      menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_DRAW_BG, &draw);
+      mui_draw_bg(&draw);
    }
    else
    {
@@ -888,7 +895,7 @@ static void mui_frame(void *data)
                && !draw.force_transparency && draw.texture)
             draw.color             = &white_bg[0];
 
-         menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_DRAW_BG, &draw);
+         mui_draw_bg(&draw);
 
          /* Restore opacity of transposed white background */
          bgcolor_setalpha(white_transp_bg, 0.90);
diff --git a/menu/drivers/xmb.c b/menu/drivers/xmb.c
index 94be5453c8..5e915a2280 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/xmb.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/xmb.c
@@ -1918,8 +1918,10 @@ static void xmb_frame_horizontal_list(xmb_handle_t *xmb,
 
 static void xmb_draw_bg(menu_display_ctx_draw_t *draw)
 {
+   menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_BLEND_BEGIN, NULL);
    menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_SET_VIEWPORT, NULL);
    menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_DRAW_BG, draw);
+   menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_BLEND_END, NULL);
 }
 
 static void xmb_frame(void *data)
diff --git a/menu/drivers/zarch.c b/menu/drivers/zarch.c
index 43cc3072f4..a9f9ce6740 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/zarch.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/zarch.c
@@ -1116,7 +1116,9 @@ static void zarch_frame(void *data)
       && !draw.force_transparency && draw.texture)
       draw.color             = &coord_color2[0];
 
+   menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_BLEND_BEGIN, NULL);
    menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_DRAW_BG, &draw);
+   menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_BLEND_END, NULL);
 
    zui->rendering = false;
 
diff --git a/menu/drivers_display/menu_display_d3d.cpp b/menu/drivers_display/menu_display_d3d.cpp
index 82f2c893c0..078fdf57cc 100644
--- a/menu/drivers_display/menu_display_d3d.cpp
+++ b/menu/drivers_display/menu_display_d3d.cpp
@@ -188,8 +188,6 @@ static void menu_display_d3d_draw_bg(void *data)
    coords.lut_tex_coord = new_tex_coord;
    coords.color         = (const float*)draw->color;
 
-   menu_display_d3d_blend_begin();
-
    menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_SET_VIEWPORT, NULL);
 
    draw->x           = 0;
@@ -199,8 +197,6 @@ static void menu_display_d3d_draw_bg(void *data)
 
    menu_display_d3d_draw(draw);
 
-   menu_display_d3d_blend_end();
-
 #if 0
    gl->coords.color = gl->white_color_ptr;
 #endif
diff --git a/menu/drivers_display/menu_display_vulkan.c b/menu/drivers_display/menu_display_vulkan.c
index 6a6f2d4be8..98334806ef 100644
--- a/menu/drivers_display/menu_display_vulkan.c
+++ b/menu/drivers_display/menu_display_vulkan.c
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ static void menu_display_vk_draw_bg(void *data)
    coords.tex_coord     = new_tex_coord;
    coords.color         = (const float*)draw->color;
 
-   vk->display.blend = true;
    draw->x           = 0;
    draw->y           = 0;
    draw->coords      = &coords;
@@ -165,8 +164,6 @@ static void menu_display_vk_draw_bg(void *data)
       menu_display_vk_get_default_mvp();
 
    menu_display_vk_draw(draw);
-
-   vk->display.blend = false;
 }
 
 static void menu_display_vk_restore_clear_color(void)