diff --git a/src/rendering/swrenderer/scene/r_scene.cpp b/src/rendering/swrenderer/scene/r_scene.cpp
index 57550231dc..5621561125 100644
--- a/src/rendering/swrenderer/scene/r_scene.cpp
+++ b/src/rendering/swrenderer/scene/r_scene.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ namespace swrenderer
 			DrawerThreads::ResetDebugDrawPos();
 		}
 
-		RenderActorView(player->mo);
+		RenderActorView(player->mo, true, false);
 
 		auto copyqueue = std::make_shared<DrawerCommandQueue>(MainThread()->FrameMemory.get());
 		copyqueue->Push<MemcpyCommand>(videobuffer, target->GetPixels(), target->GetWidth(), target->GetHeight(), target->GetPitch(), target->IsBgra() ? 4 : 1);
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ namespace swrenderer
 		DrawerWaitCycles.Unclock();
 	}
 
-	void RenderScene::RenderActorView(AActor *actor, bool dontmaplines)
+	void RenderScene::RenderActorView(AActor *actor, bool renderPlayerSprites, bool dontmaplines)
 	{
 		WallCycles.Reset();
 		PlaneCycles.Reset();
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ namespace swrenderer
 		if (r_modelscene)
 			MainThread()->Viewport->SetupPolyViewport(MainThread());
 
-		RenderPSprites();
+		if (renderPlayerSprites)
+			RenderPSprites();
 
 		MainThread()->Viewport->viewpoint.camera->renderflags = savedflags;
 	}
@@ -384,7 +385,7 @@ namespace swrenderer
 			PolyTriangleDrawer::ResizeBuffers(viewport->RenderTarget);
 
 		// Render:
-		RenderActorView(actor, dontmaplines);
+		RenderActorView(actor, false, dontmaplines);
 		DrawerWaitCycles.Clock();
 		DrawerThreads::WaitForWorkers();
 		DrawerWaitCycles.Unclock();
diff --git a/src/rendering/swrenderer/scene/r_scene.h b/src/rendering/swrenderer/scene/r_scene.h
index 1df9c292b5..cba2580563 100644
--- a/src/rendering/swrenderer/scene/r_scene.h
+++ b/src/rendering/swrenderer/scene/r_scene.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace swrenderer
 		RenderThread *MainThread() { return Threads.front().get(); }
 
 	private:
-		void RenderActorView(AActor *actor, bool dontmaplines = false);
+		void RenderActorView(AActor *actor,bool renderplayersprite, bool dontmaplines);
 		void RenderThreadSlices();
 		void RenderThreadSlice(RenderThread *thread);
 		void RenderPSprites();