diff --git a/menu/drivers/rgui.c b/menu/drivers/rgui.c
index 17a08bd8dc..0c69258901 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/rgui.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/rgui.c
@@ -3100,7 +3100,7 @@ static void rgui_render(void *data, bool is_idle)
       msg_force = menu_display_get_msg_force();
 
       if (menu_entries_ctl(MENU_ENTRIES_CTL_NEEDS_REFRESH, NULL)
-            && menu_driver_is_alive() && !msg_force)
+            && !msg_force)
          return;
 
       if (!display_kb && !current_display_cb && (is_idle || !menu_display_get_update_pending()))
diff --git a/menu/drivers/xui.cpp b/menu/drivers/xui.cpp
index 966f72df4d..8b440d1f24 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/xui.cpp
+++ b/menu/drivers/xui.cpp
@@ -541,7 +541,6 @@ static void xui_render(void *data, bool is_idle)
 
    if (
          menu_entries_ctl(MENU_ENTRIES_CTL_NEEDS_REFRESH, NULL)
-         && menu_driver_is_alive()
          && !msg_force
       )
       return;