diff --git a/src/damage.rs b/src/damage.rs
index eee43afd..fa5a753d 100644
--- a/src/damage.rs
+++ b/src/damage.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ use {
         async_engine::AsyncEngine,
         cmm::cmm_manager::ColorManager,
         fixed::Fixed,
-        gfx_api::GfxApiOpt,
         ifs::wl_output::WlOutputGlobal,
         rect::{Rect, Region},
         renderer::renderer_base::RendererBase,
@@ -164,7 +163,7 @@ impl DamageVisualizer {
         let dx = -cursor_rect.x1();
         let dy = -cursor_rect.y1();
         let decay_millis = decay.as_millis() as u64 as f32;
-        renderer.ops.push(GfxApiOpt::Sync);
+        renderer.sync();
         let srgb = &self.color_manager.srgb_gamma22().linear;
         for entry in entries.iter().rev() {
             let region = Region::new(entry.rect);
diff --git a/src/renderer.rs b/src/renderer.rs
index 051987c5..b28d5787 100644
--- a/src/renderer.rs
+++ b/src/renderer.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ impl Renderer<'_> {
                 let c = theme.colors.bar_background.get();
                 self.base
                     .fill_boxes3(slice::from_ref(&bar_bg), &c, None, srgb, x, y, true);
+                self.base.sync();
                 let rd = output.render_data.borrow_mut();
                 if let Some(aw) = &rd.active_workspace {
                     let c = match aw.captured {
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ impl Renderer<'_> {
                 let c = theme.colors.captured_unfocused_title_background.get();
                 self.base
                     .fill_boxes2(&rd.captured_inactive_workspaces, &c, srgb, x, y);
+                self.base.sync();
                 let c = theme.colors.attention_requested_background.get();
                 self.base
                     .fill_boxes2(&rd.attention_requested_workspaces, &c, srgb, x, y);
@@ -180,7 +182,7 @@ impl Renderer<'_> {
             ($stack:expr) => {
                 for stacked in $stack.iter() {
                     if stacked.node_visible() {
-                        self.base.ops.push(GfxApiOpt::Sync);
+                        self.base.sync();
                         let pos = stacked.node_absolute_position();
                         if pos.intersects(&opos) {
                             let (x, y) = opos.translate(pos.x1(), pos.y1());
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@ impl Renderer<'_> {
         {
             let color = self.state.theme.colors.highlight.get();
             let bounds = output.workspace_rect_rel.get().move_(x, y);
-            self.base.ops.push(GfxApiOpt::Sync);
+            self.base.sync();
             self.base.fill_boxes(&[bounds], &color, srgb);
         }
     }
@@ -366,7 +368,7 @@ impl Renderer<'_> {
             return;
         };
         let color = self.state.theme.colors.highlight.get();
-        self.base.ops.push(GfxApiOpt::Sync);
+        self.base.sync();
         self.base.fill_scaled_boxes(
             slice::from_ref(bounds),
             &color,
@@ -377,7 +379,7 @@ impl Renderer<'_> {
 
     pub fn render_highlight(&mut self, rect: &Rect) {
         let color = self.state.theme.colors.highlight.get();
-        self.base.ops.push(GfxApiOpt::Sync);
+        self.base.sync();
         self.base.fill_boxes(
             slice::from_ref(rect),
             &color,
@@ -488,7 +490,7 @@ impl Renderer<'_> {
                     let color = Color::from_u32_premultiplied(
                         cd.eotf, color[0], color[1], color[2], color[3],
                     );
-                    self.base.ops.push(GfxApiOpt::Sync);
+                    self.base.sync();
                     self.base
                         .fill_scaled_boxes(&[rect], &color, alpha, &cd.linear);
                 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/renderer_base.rs b/src/renderer/renderer_base.rs
index e47d01fc..0c582e33 100644
--- a/src/renderer/renderer_base.rs
+++ b/src/renderer/renderer_base.rs
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@ impl RendererBase<'_> {
             cd: cd.clone(),
         }));
     }
+
+    pub fn sync(&mut self) {
+        self.ops.push(GfxApiOpt::Sync);
+    }
 }
 
 #[inline]