diff --git a/dlls/wined3d/buffer.c b/dlls/wined3d/buffer.c
index 8896db97093..4b7131155aa 100644
--- a/dlls/wined3d/buffer.c
+++ b/dlls/wined3d/buffer.c
@@ -37,13 +37,10 @@ WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(d3d);
 static void buffer_create_buffer_object(struct wined3d_buffer *This)
 {
     GLenum error, gl_usage;
-    IWineD3DDeviceImpl *device = This->resource.wineD3DDevice;
 
     TRACE("Creating an OpenGL vertex buffer object for IWineD3DVertexBuffer %p Usage(%s)\n",
             This, debug_d3dusage(This->resource.usage));
 
-    /* Make sure that a context is there. Needed in a multithreaded environment. Otherwise this call is a nop */
-    ActivateContext(device, device->lastActiveRenderTarget, CTXUSAGE_RESOURCELOAD);
     ENTER_GL();
 
     /* Make sure that the gl error is cleared. Do not use checkGLcall
@@ -689,6 +686,8 @@ static void STDMETHODCALLTYPE buffer_PreLoad(IWineD3DBuffer *iface)
 
     TRACE("iface %p\n", iface);
 
+    ActivateContext(device, device->lastActiveRenderTarget, CTXUSAGE_RESOURCELOAD);
+
     if (!This->buffer_object)
     {
         /* TODO: Make converting independent from VBOs */
@@ -724,7 +723,7 @@ static void STDMETHODCALLTYPE buffer_PreLoad(IWineD3DBuffer *iface)
         if (This->conversion_count > VB_MAXDECLCHANGES)
         {
             FIXME("Too many declaration changes, stopping converting\n");
-            ActivateContext(device, device->lastActiveRenderTarget, CTXUSAGE_RESOURCELOAD);
+
             ENTER_GL();
             GL_EXTCALL(glDeleteBuffersARB(1, &This->buffer_object));
             checkGLcall("glDeleteBuffersARB");
diff --git a/dlls/wined3d/drawprim.c b/dlls/wined3d/drawprim.c
index dcdf21aca88..c0fb6783cbb 100644
--- a/dlls/wined3d/drawprim.c
+++ b/dlls/wined3d/drawprim.c
@@ -756,6 +756,11 @@ HRESULT tesselate_rectpatch(IWineD3DDeviceImpl *This,
     GLenum feedback_type;
     GLfloat *feedbuffer;
 
+    /* Simply activate the context for blitting. This disables all the things we don't want and
+     * takes care of dirtifying. Dirtifying is preferred over pushing / popping, since drawing the
+     * patch (as opposed to normal draws) will most likely need different changes anyway. */
+    ActivateContext(This, This->lastActiveRenderTarget, CTXUSAGE_BLIT);
+
     /* First, locate the position data. This is provided in a vertex buffer in the stateblock.
      * Beware of vbos
      */
@@ -806,11 +811,6 @@ HRESULT tesselate_rectpatch(IWineD3DDeviceImpl *This,
     patch->has_normals = TRUE;
     patch->has_texcoords = FALSE;
 
-    /* Simply activate the context for blitting. This disables all the things we don't want and
-     * takes care of dirtifying. Dirtifying is preferred over pushing / popping, since drawing the
-     * patch (as opposed to normal draws) will most likely need different changes anyway
-     */
-    ActivateContext(This, This->lastActiveRenderTarget, CTXUSAGE_BLIT);
     ENTER_GL();
 
     glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);