diff --git a/source/sw/src/game.cpp b/source/sw/src/game.cpp
index a017305d8..2c0ee37fe 100644
--- a/source/sw/src/game.cpp
+++ b/source/sw/src/game.cpp
@@ -2308,6 +2308,9 @@ void BonusScreen(PLAYERp pp)
         }
 
         gStateControl(&State, &Tics);
+
+        videoClearViewableArea(0L);
+
         rotatesprite(0, 0, RS_SCALE, 0, 5120, 0, 0, TITLE_ROT_FLAGS, 0, 0, xdim - 1, ydim - 1);
 
         if (UserMapName[0])