diff --git a/ui/drivers/ui_cocoatouch.m b/ui/drivers/ui_cocoatouch.m
index 39fb5260cc..c4df0f7661 100644
--- a/ui/drivers/ui_cocoatouch.m
+++ b/ui/drivers/ui_cocoatouch.m
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ static void rarch_draw_observer(CFRunLoopObserverRef observer,
       return;
    }
 
+   task_queue_check();
+
    runloop_flags = runloop_get_flags();
    if (!(runloop_flags & RUNLOOP_FLAG_IDLE))
       CFRunLoopWakeUp(CFRunLoopGetMain());