diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/cameraview.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/cameraview.cc
index b390f5cdb2322e..51553bcc8f34f4 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/cameraview.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/cameraview.cc
@@ -309,6 +309,10 @@ void CameraViewWidget::vipcThread() {
           assert(glGetError() == GL_NO_ERROR);
 
           wait_fence.reset(new WaitFence());
+
+          // Ensure the fence is in the GPU command queue, or waiting on it might block
+          // https://www.khronos.org/opengl/wiki/Sync_Object#Flushing_and_contexts
+          glFlush();
         }
         latest_texture_id = buf->idx;
       }