diff --git a/src/Backends/Platform/SDL2.cpp b/src/Backends/Platform/SDL2.cpp
index ccda4c6c..268f28f3 100644
--- a/src/Backends/Platform/SDL2.cpp
+++ b/src/Backends/Platform/SDL2.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ void PlaybackBackend_EnableDragAndDrop(void)
 
 bool Backend_SystemTask(bool active)
 {
-	if (SDL_PollEvent(NULL) || !active)
+	while (SDL_PollEvent(NULL))
 	{
 		SDL_Event event;