diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/r300/r300_render.c b/src/gallium/drivers/r300/r300_render.c
index d9399d7..1f02ff1 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/r300/r300_render.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/r300/r300_render.c
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ static void r300_draw_arrays(struct r300_context *r300,
             /* 9 spare dwords for emit_draw_arrays. Give up if the function fails. */
             if (count) {
                 if (!r300_prepare_for_rendering(r300,
-                                                PREP_VALIDATE_VBOS | PREP_EMIT_AOS, NULL, 9,
+                                                PREP_EMIT_STATES | PREP_VALIDATE_VBOS | PREP_EMIT_AOS, NULL, 9,
                                                 start, 0, instance_id))
                     return;
             }