diff --git a/video/out/gpu/video.c b/video/out/gpu/video.c
index 11c984615d..91a405f25e 100644
--- a/video/out/gpu/video.c
+++ b/video/out/gpu/video.c
@@ -3154,7 +3154,8 @@ done:
         debug_check_gl(p, "after OSD rendering");
     }
 
-    if (gl_sc_error_state(p->sc) || p->broken_frame) {
+    p->broken_frame |= gl_sc_error_state(p->sc);
+    if (p->broken_frame) {
         // Make the screen solid blue to make it visually clear that an
         // error has occurred
         float color[4] = {0.0, 0.05, 0.5, 1.0};
@@ -3237,6 +3238,9 @@ void gl_video_screenshot(struct gl_video *p, struct vo_frame *frame,
     if (!p->ra->fns->tex_download(p->ra, &download_params))
         goto done;
 
+    if (p->broken_frame)
+        goto done;
+
     ok = true;
 done:
     ra_tex_free(p->ra, &target);