diff --git a/src/render/metal/SDL_render_metal.m b/src/render/metal/SDL_render_metal.m
index ba31b6e66..04616e374 100644
--- a/src/render/metal/SDL_render_metal.m
+++ b/src/render/metal/SDL_render_metal.m
@@ -1518,6 +1518,8 @@ METAL_RenderPresent(SDL_Renderer * renderer)
 { @autoreleasepool {
     METAL_RenderData *data = (__bridge METAL_RenderData *) renderer->driverdata;
 
+    METAL_ActivateRenderCommandEncoder(renderer, MTLLoadActionLoad, NULL, nil);
+
     if (data.mtlcmdencoder != nil) {
         [data.mtlcmdencoder endEncoding];
     }