diff --git a/project/src/sdl2/SDL2Stage.cpp b/project/src/sdl2/SDL2Stage.cpp
index 3eb3351c9..6ebd322b5 100644
--- a/project/src/sdl2/SDL2Stage.cpp
+++ b/project/src/sdl2/SDL2Stage.cpp
@@ -2334,6 +2334,7 @@ void StartAnimation()
          AutoGCBlocking block;
          if (sgSDLFrame->mStage->BuildCache())
          {
+            block.Close();
             Event redraw(etRedraw);
             sgSDLFrame->ProcessEvent(redraw);
          }