diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index de1026740..379362553 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Bugfixes:
  - DS I/O: Enable POWCNT1 bit 1 at boot (fixes mgba.io/i/616)
  - DS Slot-1: Reply to IR 0x08 command properly (fixes mgba.io/i/666)
  - GBA Video: Fix mode 2 out-of-bounds VRAM crash
+ - GBA Video: Fix regression adjusting brightness of backdrop
 Misc:
  - DS GX: Clean up and unify texture mapping
  - DS Core: Add symbol loading
diff --git a/src/gba/renderers/video-software.c b/src/gba/renderers/video-software.c
index c6d2388ec..bcfe811a2 100644
--- a/src/gba/renderers/video-software.c
+++ b/src/gba/renderers/video-software.c
@@ -874,6 +874,11 @@ void GBAVideoSoftwareRendererPreprocessBuffer(struct GBAVideoSoftwareRenderer* s
 
 	GBAVideoSoftwareRendererUpdateDISPCNT(softwareRenderer);
 
+	if (softwareRenderer->blendDirty) {
+		_updatePalettes(softwareRenderer);
+		softwareRenderer->blendDirty = false;
+	}
+
 	int w;
 	x = 0;
 	for (w = 0; w < softwareRenderer->nWindows; ++w) {
@@ -898,11 +903,6 @@ void GBAVideoSoftwareRendererPreprocessBuffer(struct GBAVideoSoftwareRenderer* s
 			softwareRenderer->row[x] = backdrop;
 		}
 	}
-
-	if (softwareRenderer->blendDirty) {
-		_updatePalettes(softwareRenderer);
-		softwareRenderer->blendDirty = false;
-	}
 }
 
 void GBAVideoSoftwareRendererPostprocessBuffer(struct GBAVideoSoftwareRenderer* softwareRenderer) {