diff --git a/GPU/GPUCommon.cpp b/GPU/GPUCommon.cpp
index c6eec3c59987..dc53f28cdd20 100644
--- a/GPU/GPUCommon.cpp
+++ b/GPU/GPUCommon.cpp
@@ -1706,9 +1706,12 @@ void GPUCommon::Execute_Prim(u32 op, u32 diff) {
 		currentList->pc += cmdCount * 4;
 		// flush back cull mode
 		if (cullMode != gstate.getCullMode()) {
+			// We rewrote everything to the old cull mode, so flush first.
+			drawEngineCommon_->DispatchFlush();
+
+			// Now update things for next time.
 			gstate.cmdmem[GE_CMD_CULL] ^= 1;
 			gstate_c.Dirty(DIRTY_RASTER_STATE);
-			drawEngineCommon_->DispatchFlush();
 		}
 	}