diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Src/HW/VideoInterface.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/Src/HW/VideoInterface.cpp
index aab48bb466..43e4057e78 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Src/HW/VideoInterface.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Src/HW/VideoInterface.cpp
@@ -1159,14 +1159,9 @@ void Update()
 
 	// TODO: What's the correct behavior for progressive mode?
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
-	{
-		if (m_InterruptRegister[i].VCT == m_VBeamPos)
-		{
-			m_InterruptRegister[i].IR_INT = 1;
-			UpdateInterrupts();
-		}
-	}
+    m_VBeamPos++;
+    if (m_VBeamPos > s_lineCount)
+        m_VBeamPos = 1;
 
 	if (m_VBeamPos == s_upperFieldBegin)
 		BeginField(m_DisplayControlRegister.NIN ? FIELD_PROGRESSIVE : FIELD_UPPER);
@@ -1180,9 +1175,14 @@ void Update()
 	if (m_VBeamPos == s_lowerFieldEnd)
 		EndField();
 
-    m_VBeamPos++;
-    if (m_VBeamPos > s_lineCount)
-        m_VBeamPos = 1;
+	for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
+	{
+		if (m_InterruptRegister[i].VCT == m_VBeamPos)
+		{
+			m_InterruptRegister[i].IR_INT = 1;
+			UpdateInterrupts();
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 } // namespace
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/Render.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/Render.cpp
index 925c3698a8..7188ac94bf 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/Render.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/Render.cpp
@@ -580,6 +580,9 @@ u32 Renderer::AccessEFB(EFBAccessType type, int x, int y)
 
 	case PEEK_COLOR:
 	{
+		// TODO: Find some way to test PEEK_COLOR. Wind Waker may be using it
+		// for pictograph quests.
+
 		if (s_MSAASamples > 1)
 		{
 			// Resolve our rectangle.
@@ -591,12 +594,13 @@ u32 Renderer::AccessEFB(EFBAccessType type, int x, int y)
 		int srcX = (targetPixelRc.left + targetPixelRc.right) / 2;
 		int srcY = (targetPixelRc.top + targetPixelRc.bottom) / 2;
 
+		// Read back pixel in BGRA format, then byteswap to get GameCube's
+		// ARGB format.
 		u32 color = 0;
-		glReadPixels(srcX, srcY, 1, 1, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_INT, &color);
+		glReadPixels(srcX, srcY, 1, 1, GL_BGRA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, &color);
 		GL_REPORT_ERRORD();
 
-		// TODO: Find some way to test PEEK_COLOR.
-		return color;
+		return Common::swap32(color);
 	}
 
 	case POKE_COLOR:
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/main.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/main.cpp
index 1072eac2cc..e4549af63a 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/main.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/main.cpp
@@ -376,11 +376,11 @@ void Video_Prepare(void)
     VertexLoaderManager::Init();
     TextureConverter::Init();
 
-	s_swapRequested = false;
+	s_swapRequested = FALSE;
 	s_swapResponseEvent.Init();
 	s_swapResponseEvent.Set();
 
-	s_efbAccessRequested = false;
+	s_efbAccessRequested = FALSE;
 	s_efbResponseEvent.Init();
 
 	s_PluginInitialized = true;
@@ -455,13 +455,12 @@ void VideoFifo_CheckSwapRequest()
 {
 	if (Common::AtomicLoadAcquire(s_swapRequested))
 	{
-		s_swapRequested = FALSE;
-
 		Renderer::Swap(s_beginFieldArgs.xfbAddr, s_beginFieldArgs.field, s_beginFieldArgs.fbWidth, s_beginFieldArgs.fbHeight);
 
 		// TODO: Find better name for this because I don't know if it means what it says.
 		g_VideoInitialize.pCopiedToXFB();
 
+		s_swapRequested = FALSE;
 		s_swapResponseEvent.Set();
 	}
 }
@@ -514,7 +513,10 @@ void Video_BeginField(u32 xfbAddr, FieldType field, u32 fbWidth, u32 fbHeight)
 // Run from the CPU thread (from VideoInterface.cpp)
 void Video_EndField()
 {
-	Common::AtomicStoreRelease(s_swapRequested, TRUE);
+	if (s_PluginInitialized)
+	{
+		Common::AtomicStoreRelease(s_swapRequested, TRUE);
+	}
 }
 
 static volatile struct
@@ -530,10 +532,9 @@ void VideoFifo_CheckEFBAccess()
 {
 	if (Common::AtomicLoadAcquire(s_efbAccessRequested))
 	{
-		s_efbAccessRequested = FALSE;
-
 		s_AccessEFBResult = Renderer::AccessEFB(s_accessEFBArgs.type, s_accessEFBArgs.x, s_accessEFBArgs.y);
 
+		s_efbAccessRequested = FALSE;
 		s_efbResponseEvent.Set();
 	}
 }