diff --git a/src/gba/gba-thread.c b/src/gba/gba-thread.c
index 0b39fd48f..12ca41900 100644
--- a/src/gba/gba-thread.c
+++ b/src/gba/gba-thread.c
@@ -577,9 +577,7 @@ bool GBASyncWaitFrameStart(struct GBASync* sync, int frameskip) {
 	if (!sync->videoFrameOn && !sync->videoFramePending) {
 		return false;
 	}
-	if (!sync->videoFramePending) {
-		ConditionWait(&sync->videoFrameAvailableCond, &sync->videoFrameMutex);
-	}
+	ConditionWait(&sync->videoFrameAvailableCond, &sync->videoFrameMutex);
 	sync->videoFramePending = 0;
 	sync->videoFrameSkip = frameskip;
 	return true;