diff --git a/GPU/Common/GPUStateUtils.cpp b/GPU/Common/GPUStateUtils.cpp
index d5fedcd25b..1e815801fd 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/GPUStateUtils.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Common/GPUStateUtils.cpp
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ void ApplyStencilReplaceAndLogicOp(ReplaceAlphaType replaceAlphaWithStencil, Gen
 
 // Called even if AlphaBlendEnable == false - it also deals with stencil-related blend state.
 
-void ConvertBlendState(GenericBlendState &blendState) {
+void ConvertBlendState(GenericBlendState &blendState, bool allowShaderBlend) {
 	// Blending is a bit complex to emulate.  This is due to several reasons:
 	//
 	//  * Doubled blend modes (src, dst, inversed) aren't supported in OpenGL.
@@ -778,13 +778,12 @@ void ConvertBlendState(GenericBlendState &blendState) {
 	//  * The written output alpha should actually be the stencil value.  Alpha is not written.
 	//
 	// If we can't apply blending, we make a copy of the framebuffer and do it manually.
-	gstate_c.allowShaderBlend = !g_Config.bDisableSlowFramebufEffects;
 
 	blendState.applyShaderBlending = false;
 	blendState.dirtyShaderBlend = false;
 	blendState.useBlendColor = false;
 
-	ReplaceBlendType replaceBlend = ReplaceBlendWithShader(gstate_c.allowShaderBlend, gstate.FrameBufFormat());
+	ReplaceBlendType replaceBlend = ReplaceBlendWithShader(allowShaderBlend, gstate.FrameBufFormat());
 	ReplaceAlphaType replaceAlphaWithStencil = ReplaceAlphaWithStencil(replaceBlend);
 	bool usePreSrc = false;
 
diff --git a/GPU/Common/GPUStateUtils.h b/GPU/Common/GPUStateUtils.h
index 58eda73d96..f7a2c53685 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/GPUStateUtils.h
+++ b/GPU/Common/GPUStateUtils.h
@@ -135,5 +135,5 @@ struct GenericBlendState {
 	}
 };
 
-void ConvertBlendState(GenericBlendState &blendState);
+void ConvertBlendState(GenericBlendState &blendState, bool allowShaderBlend);
 void ApplyStencilReplaceAndLogicOp(ReplaceAlphaType replaceAlphaWithStencil, GenericBlendState &blendState);
diff --git a/GPU/Directx9/StateMappingDX9.cpp b/GPU/Directx9/StateMappingDX9.cpp
index f3f7762413..ca3f90144a 100644
--- a/GPU/Directx9/StateMappingDX9.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Directx9/StateMappingDX9.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ static const D3DSTENCILOP stencilOps[] = {
 };
 
 bool TransformDrawEngineDX9::ApplyShaderBlending() {
-	bool skipBlit = false;
+	if (gstate_c.featureFlags & GPU_SUPPORTS_ANY_FRAMEBUFFER_FETCH) {
+		return true;
+	}
 
 	static const int MAX_REASONABLE_BLITS_PER_FRAME = 24;
 
@@ -137,9 +139,12 @@ void TransformDrawEngineDX9::ApplyDrawState(int prim) {
 
 	bool useBufferedRendering = g_Config.iRenderingMode != FB_NON_BUFFERED_MODE;
 
+	// Unfortunately, this isn't implemented yet.
+	gstate_c.allowShaderBlend = false;
+
 	// Set blend - unless we need to do it in the shader.
 	GenericBlendState blendState;
-	ConvertBlendState(blendState);
+	ConvertBlendState(blendState, gstate_c.allowShaderBlend);
 	ViewportAndScissor vpAndScissor;
 	ConvertViewportAndScissor(useBufferedRendering,
 		framebufferManager_->GetRenderWidth(), framebufferManager_->GetRenderHeight(),
diff --git a/GPU/GLES/StateMapping.cpp b/GPU/GLES/StateMapping.cpp
index 5cd8e45e58..3a3a9fa6a3 100644
--- a/GPU/GLES/StateMapping.cpp
+++ b/GPU/GLES/StateMapping.cpp
@@ -167,10 +167,12 @@ void TransformDrawEngine::ApplyDrawState(int prim) {
 
 	bool useBufferedRendering = g_Config.iRenderingMode != FB_NON_BUFFERED_MODE;
 
+	gstate_c.allowShaderBlend = !g_Config.bDisableSlowFramebufEffects;
+
 	// Do the large chunks of state conversion. We might be able to hide these two behind a dirty-flag each,
 	// to avoid recomputing heavy stuff unnecessarily every draw call.
 	GenericBlendState blendState;
-	ConvertBlendState(blendState);
+	ConvertBlendState(blendState, gstate_c.allowShaderBlend);
 	ViewportAndScissor vpAndScissor;
 	ConvertViewportAndScissor(useBufferedRendering,
 		framebufferManager_->GetRenderWidth(), framebufferManager_->GetRenderHeight(),