diff --git a/plugins/linux-xcomposite/xcompcap-main.cpp b/plugins/linux-xcomposite/xcompcap-main.cpp
index 3a7b58696..fe9d0a6d8 100644
--- a/plugins/linux-xcomposite/xcompcap-main.cpp
+++ b/plugins/linux-xcomposite/xcompcap-main.cpp
@@ -442,6 +442,8 @@ void XCompcapMain::render(effect_t effect)
 
 	gs_enable_blending(false);
 	gs_draw_sprite(p->tex, 0, 0, 0);
+
+	gs_reset_blend_state();
 }
 
 uint32_t XCompcapMain::width()
diff --git a/plugins/linux-xshm/xcursor.c b/plugins/linux-xshm/xcursor.c
index c819bfe9b..411ec73f9 100644
--- a/plugins/linux-xshm/xcursor.c
+++ b/plugins/linux-xshm/xcursor.c
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ void xcursor_render(xcursor_t *data) {
 	gs_enable_blending(True);
 	gs_blendfunction(GS_BLEND_ONE, GS_BLEND_INVSRCALPHA);
 	gs_draw_sprite(data->tex, 0, 0, 0);
-	gs_enable_blending(False);
 
 	gs_matrix_pop();
 }
diff --git a/plugins/linux-xshm/xshm-input.c b/plugins/linux-xshm/xshm-input.c
index b3a3f8abf..9808f90ab 100644
--- a/plugins/linux-xshm/xshm-input.c
+++ b/plugins/linux-xshm/xshm-input.c
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ static void xshm_video_render(void *vptr, effect_t effect)
 
 	if (data->show_cursor)
 		xcursor_render(data->cursor);
+
+	gs_reset_blend_state();
 }
 
 /**