diff --git a/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/src/com/esotericsoftware/spine/SkeletonMeshRenderer.java b/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/src/com/esotericsoftware/spine/SkeletonMeshRenderer.java
index e6db7b114..dcd7c0285 100644
--- a/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/src/com/esotericsoftware/spine/SkeletonMeshRenderer.java
+++ b/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/src/com/esotericsoftware/spine/SkeletonMeshRenderer.java
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.PolygonSpriteBatch;
 import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Array;
 import com.esotericsoftware.spine.attachments.Attachment;
+import com.esotericsoftware.spine.attachments.MeshAttachment;
 import com.esotericsoftware.spine.attachments.RegionAttachment;
 import com.esotericsoftware.spine.attachments.SkeletonAttachment;
-import com.esotericsoftware.spine.attachments.MeshAttachment;
 
 public class SkeletonMeshRenderer extends SkeletonRenderer<PolygonSpriteBatch> {
 	static private final short[] quadTriangles = {0, 1, 2, 2, 3, 0};
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ public class SkeletonMeshRenderer extends SkeletonRenderer<PolygonSpriteBatch> {
 	@SuppressWarnings("null")
 	public void draw (PolygonSpriteBatch batch, Skeleton skeleton) {
 		boolean premultipliedAlpha = this.premultipliedAlpha;
-		BlendMode blendMode = null;
 
 		float[] vertices = null;
 		short[] triangles = null;
@@ -90,11 +89,8 @@ public class SkeletonMeshRenderer extends SkeletonRenderer<PolygonSpriteBatch> {
 			}
 
 			if (texture != null) {
-				BlendMode slotBlendMode = slot.data.getBlendMode();
-				if (slotBlendMode != blendMode) {
-					blendMode = slotBlendMode;
-					batch.setBlendFunction(blendMode.getSource(premultipliedAlpha), blendMode.getDest());
-				}
+				BlendMode blendMode = slot.data.getBlendMode();
+				batch.setBlendFunction(blendMode.getSource(premultipliedAlpha), blendMode.getDest());
 				batch.draw(texture, vertices, 0, vertices.length, triangles, 0, triangles.length);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/src/com/esotericsoftware/spine/SkeletonRenderer.java b/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/src/com/esotericsoftware/spine/SkeletonRenderer.java
index 5a4321727..a26715590 100644
--- a/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/src/com/esotericsoftware/spine/SkeletonRenderer.java
+++ b/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/src/com/esotericsoftware/spine/SkeletonRenderer.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ public class SkeletonRenderer<T extends Batch> {
 
 	public void draw (T batch, Skeleton skeleton) {
 		boolean premultipliedAlpha = this.premultipliedAlpha;
-		BlendMode blendMode = null;
 
 		Array<Slot> drawOrder = skeleton.drawOrder;
 		for (int i = 0, n = drawOrder.size; i < n; i++) {
@@ -52,11 +51,8 @@ public class SkeletonRenderer<T extends Batch> {
 			if (attachment instanceof RegionAttachment) {
 				RegionAttachment regionAttachment = (RegionAttachment)attachment;
 				float[] vertices = regionAttachment.updateWorldVertices(slot, premultipliedAlpha);
-				BlendMode slotBlendMode = slot.data.getBlendMode();
-				if (slotBlendMode != blendMode) {
-					blendMode = slotBlendMode;
-					batch.setBlendFunction(blendMode.getSource(premultipliedAlpha), blendMode.getDest());
-				}
+				BlendMode blendMode = slot.data.getBlendMode();
+				batch.setBlendFunction(blendMode.getSource(premultipliedAlpha), blendMode.getDest());
 				batch.draw(regionAttachment.getRegion().getTexture(), vertices, 0, 20);
 
 			} else if (attachment instanceof MeshAttachment) {