diff --git a/UI/EmuScreen.cpp b/UI/EmuScreen.cpp
index 2fe797db2e..b396f2157f 100644
--- a/UI/EmuScreen.cpp
+++ b/UI/EmuScreen.cpp
@@ -1398,7 +1398,11 @@ ScreenRenderFlags EmuScreen::render(ScreenRenderMode mode) {
 
 		Draw::BackendState state = draw->GetCurrentBackendState();
 		if (state.valid) {
-			_assert_msg_(state.passes >= 1, "skipB: %d sw: %d mode: %d back: %d tag: %s", (int)skipBufferEffects, (int)g_Config.bSoftwareRendering, (int)mode, (int)g_Config.iGPUBackend, screenManager()->topScreen()->tag());
+			_dbg_assert_msg_(state.passes >= 1, "skipB: %d sw: %d mode: %d back: %d tag: %s", (int)skipBufferEffects, (int)g_Config.bSoftwareRendering, (int)mode, (int)g_Config.iGPUBackend, screenManager()->topScreen()->tag());
+			// Workaround any remaining bugs like this.
+			if (state.passes == 0) {
+				draw->BindFramebufferAsRenderTarget(nullptr, { RPAction::CLEAR, RPAction::CLEAR, RPAction::CLEAR, }, "EmuScreen_SafeFallback");
+			}
 		}
 
 		// Need to make sure the UI texture is available, for "darken".
@@ -1527,7 +1531,11 @@ ScreenRenderFlags EmuScreen::render(ScreenRenderMode mode) {
 
 	// State.valid just states whether the passes parameter has a meaningful value.
 	if (state.valid) {
-		_assert_msg_(state.passes >= 1, "skipB: %d sw: %d mode: %d back: %d bound: %d", (int)skipBufferEffects, (int)g_Config.bSoftwareRendering, (int)mode, (int)g_Config.iGPUBackend, (int)framebufferBound);
+		_dbg_assert_msg_(state.passes >= 1, "skipB: %d sw: %d mode: %d back: %d bound: %d", (int)skipBufferEffects, (int)g_Config.bSoftwareRendering, (int)mode, (int)g_Config.iGPUBackend, (int)framebufferBound);
+		if (state.passes == 0) {
+			// Workaround any remaining bugs like this.
+			draw->BindFramebufferAsRenderTarget(nullptr, { RPAction::CLEAR, RPAction::CLEAR, RPAction::CLEAR, }, "EmuScreen_SafeFallback");
+		}
 	}
 
 	screenManager()->getUIContext()->BeginFrame();