diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/r_cvar.c b/libs/video/renderer/r_cvar.c
index c393aa8a5..65f22da7f 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/r_cvar.c
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/r_cvar.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ R_Init_Cvars (void)
 								 "Net graph translucency");
 	r_netgraph_box = Cvar_Get ("r_netgraph_box", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE, NULL,
 							   "Draw box around net graph");
-	r_norefresh = Cvar_Get ("r_norefresh", "0", CVAR_NONE, NULL,
+	r_norefresh = Cvar_Get ("r_norefresh_", "0", CVAR_NONE, NULL,
 							"Set to 1 to disable display refresh");
 	r_novis = Cvar_Get ("r_novis", "0", CVAR_NONE, NULL, "Set to 1 to enable "
 						"runtime visibility checking (SLOW)");
diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/sw/sw_rmain.c b/libs/video/renderer/sw/sw_rmain.c
index 570c5ca04..64ef8b9ab 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/sw/sw_rmain.c
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/sw/sw_rmain.c
@@ -794,6 +794,9 @@ R_RenderView_ (void)
 {
 	byte        warpbuffer[WARP_WIDTH * WARP_HEIGHT];
 
+	if (r_norefresh->int_val)
+		return;
+
 	r_warpbuffer = warpbuffer;
 
 	if (r_timegraph->int_val || r_speeds->int_val || r_dspeeds->int_val)
diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/sw32/sw32_rmain.c b/libs/video/renderer/sw32/sw32_rmain.c
index 257cf0a4a..dcdbd4af5 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/sw32/sw32_rmain.c
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/sw32/sw32_rmain.c
@@ -812,6 +812,9 @@ byte warpbuffer[WARP_WIDTH * WARP_HEIGHT * 4];
 static void
 R_RenderView_ (void)
 {
+	if (r_norefresh->int_val)
+		return;
+
 	r_warpbuffer = warpbuffer;
 
 	if (r_timegraph->int_val || r_speeds->int_val || r_dspeeds->int_val)