diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d49b10060..9b2b31318 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Emulation fixes:
  - GBA Hardware: Fix GB Player detection on big endian platforms
  - GBA Video: Invalidate map cache when modifying BGCNT (fixes mgba.io/i/1846)
  - GBA Video: Don't draw sprites using unmapped VRAM in GL renderer (fixes mgba.io/i/1865)
+ - GBA Video: Fix rare regression blending semitransparent sprites (fixes mgba.io/i/1876)
 Other fixes:
  - 3DS: Redo video sync to be more precise
  - 3DS: Fix crash with libctru 2.0 when exiting
diff --git a/cinema/gba/blend/sma2-semitrans/baseline_0000.png b/cinema/gba/blend/sma2-semitrans/baseline_0000.png
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diff --git a/cinema/gba/blend/sma2-semitrans/test.mvl b/cinema/gba/blend/sma2-semitrans/test.mvl
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diff --git a/src/gba/renderers/software-obj.c b/src/gba/renderers/software-obj.c
index 4202112fa..2d7c340ff 100644
--- a/src/gba/renderers/software-obj.c
+++ b/src/gba/renderers/software-obj.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ int GBAVideoSoftwareRendererPreprocessSprite(struct GBAVideoSoftwareRenderer* re
 	}
 
 	int objwinSlowPath = GBARegisterDISPCNTIsObjwinEnable(renderer->dispcnt) && GBAWindowControlGetBlendEnable(renderer->objwin.packed) != GBAWindowControlIsBlendEnable(renderer->currentWindow.packed);
-	int variant = (renderer->target1Obj || GBAObjAttributesAGetMode(sprite->a) == OBJ_MODE_SEMITRANSPARENT) &&
+	int variant = renderer->target1Obj &&
 	              GBAWindowControlIsBlendEnable(renderer->currentWindow.packed) &&
 	              (renderer->blendEffect == BLEND_BRIGHTEN || renderer->blendEffect == BLEND_DARKEN);
 	if (GBAObjAttributesAGetMode(sprite->a) == OBJ_MODE_SEMITRANSPARENT || (renderer->target1Obj && renderer->blendEffect == BLEND_ALPHA) || objwinSlowPath) {