diff --git a/video/out/vo.c b/video/out/vo.c
index 031a4e61a2979..40079049f851a 100644
--- a/video/out/vo.c
+++ b/video/out/vo.c
@@ -944,6 +944,9 @@ static bool render_frame(struct vo *vo)
         in->prev_vsync = now;
     in->expecting_vsync = use_vsync;
 
+    // Store the initial value before we unlock.
+    bool request_redraw = in->request_redraw;
+
     if (in->dropped_frame) {
         in->drop_count += 1;
         wakeup_core(vo);
@@ -1004,7 +1007,14 @@ static bool render_frame(struct vo *vo)
     if (in->dropped_frame) {
         MP_STATS(vo, "drop-vo");
     } else {
-        in->request_redraw = false;
+        // If the initial redraw request was true, then we can
+        // clear it here since we just performed a redraw and are
+        // merely clearing that request. However if there initially is
+        // no redraw request, then something can change this (i.e. the OSD)
+        // while the vo was unlocked. Don't touch in->request_redraw
+        // in that case.
+        if (request_redraw)
+            in->request_redraw = false;
     }
 
     if (in->current_frame && in->current_frame->num_vsyncs &&