diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/swr/swr_state.cpp b/src/gallium/drivers/swr/swr_state.cpp
index 893bd6e5bcc..c6da4fcb8ed 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/swr/swr_state.cpp
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/swr/swr_state.cpp
@@ -1074,8 +1074,7 @@ swr_update_derived(struct pipe_context *pipe,
    }
 
    /* Update screen->pipe to current pipe context. */
-   if (screen->pipe != pipe)
-      screen->pipe = pipe;
+   screen->pipe = pipe;
 
    /* Any state that requires dirty flags to be re-triggered sets this mask */
    /* For example, user_buffer vertex and index buffers. */