diff --git a/src/gui/qgsmapcanvasmap.cpp b/src/gui/qgsmapcanvasmap.cpp
index ae20ff3d4eb..2f475bb2f94 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgsmapcanvasmap.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qgsmapcanvasmap.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ void QgsMapCanvasMap::paint(QPainter* p, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem*, QWidge
 {
   if (mCanvas->isDirty())
   {
+    setEnabled(false);
     mCanvas->render();
+    setEnabled(true);
   }
   p->drawPixmap(0,0, mPixmap);
 }