diff --git a/menu/drivers/materialui.c b/menu/drivers/materialui.c
index dc6089384c..1e94b0ad85 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/materialui.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/materialui.c
@@ -813,11 +813,7 @@ static void mui_frame(void *data)
       draw.vertex_count       = 4;
       draw.prim_type          = MENU_DISPLAY_PRIM_TRIANGLESTRIP;
 
-      if (
-            (settings->menu.pause_libretro
-             || !rarch_ctl(RARCH_CTL_IS_INITED, NULL) 
-             || rarch_ctl(RARCH_CTL_IS_DUMMY_CORE, NULL)
-            )
+      if (!menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_LIBRETRO_RUNNING, NULL)
             && draw.texture)
          draw.color             = &white_bg[0];
 
@@ -851,11 +847,7 @@ static void mui_frame(void *data)
          draw.vertex_count       = 4;
          draw.prim_type          = MENU_DISPLAY_PRIM_TRIANGLESTRIP;
 
-         if (
-               (settings->menu.pause_libretro
-                || !rarch_ctl(RARCH_CTL_IS_INITED, NULL) 
-                || rarch_ctl(RARCH_CTL_IS_DUMMY_CORE, NULL)
-               )
+         if (!menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_LIBRETRO_RUNNING, NULL)
                && draw.texture)
             draw.color             = &white_bg[0];
 
diff --git a/menu/drivers/xmb.c b/menu/drivers/xmb.c
index d1a9b7bfee..b65f505751 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/xmb.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/xmb.c
@@ -1889,12 +1889,10 @@ static void xmb_draw_bg(
    draw.vertex_count         = 4;
    draw.prim_type            = MENU_DISPLAY_PRIM_TRIANGLESTRIP;
 
-   if (
-      !menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_LIBRETRO_RUNNING, NULL)
-      && draw.texture)
+   if (!menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_LIBRETRO_RUNNING, NULL)
+         && draw.texture)
       draw.color             = &coord_white[0];
 
-
    menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_BLEND_BEGIN, NULL);
    menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_SET_VIEWPORT, NULL);
 
diff --git a/menu/drivers/zarch.c b/menu/drivers/zarch.c
index 7d3f9ac89d..54c7c2c0f4 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/zarch.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/zarch.c
@@ -971,12 +971,8 @@ static void zarch_frame(void *data)
    draw.vertex_count       = 4;
    draw.prim_type          = MENU_DISPLAY_PRIM_TRIANGLESTRIP;
 
-   if (
-         (settings->menu.pause_libretro
-          || !rarch_ctl(RARCH_CTL_IS_INITED, NULL) 
-          || rarch_ctl(RARCH_CTL_IS_DUMMY_CORE, NULL)
-         )
-      && draw.texture)
+   if (!menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_LIBRETRO_RUNNING, NULL)
+         && draw.texture)
       draw.color             = &coord_color2[0];
 
    menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_BLEND_BEGIN, NULL);