diff --git a/drivers/gles3/rasterizer_canvas_gles3.cpp b/drivers/gles3/rasterizer_canvas_gles3.cpp
index fccbc5f871e..981b9a35764 100644
--- a/drivers/gles3/rasterizer_canvas_gles3.cpp
+++ b/drivers/gles3/rasterizer_canvas_gles3.cpp
@@ -327,9 +327,8 @@ void RasterizerCanvasGLES3::_draw_polygon(const int *p_indices, int p_index_coun
 	glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, data.polygon_buffer);
 
 #ifndef GLES_OVER_GL
-	// Orphan the buffers to avoid CPU/GPU sync points caused by glBufferSubData
+	// Orphan the buffer to avoid CPU/GPU sync points caused by glBufferSubData
 	glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, data.polygon_buffer_size, NULL, GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
-	glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, data.polygon_index_buffer_size, NULL, GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
 #endif
 
 	uint32_t buffer_ofs = 0;
@@ -402,6 +401,10 @@ void RasterizerCanvasGLES3::_draw_polygon(const int *p_indices, int p_index_coun
 
 	//bind the indices buffer.
 	glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, data.polygon_index_buffer);
+#ifndef GLES_OVER_GL
+	// Orphan the buffer to avoid CPU/GPU sync points caused by glBufferSubData
+	glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, data.polygon_index_buffer_size, NULL, GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
+#endif
 	glBufferSubData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0, sizeof(int) * p_index_count, p_indices);
 
 	//draw the triangles.
@@ -424,9 +427,8 @@ void RasterizerCanvasGLES3::_draw_generic(GLuint p_primitive, int p_vertex_count
 	glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, data.polygon_buffer);
 
 #ifndef GLES_OVER_GL
-	// Orphan the buffers to avoid CPU/GPU sync points caused by glBufferSubData
+	// Orphan the buffer to avoid CPU/GPU sync points caused by glBufferSubData
 	glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, data.polygon_buffer_size, NULL, GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
-	glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, data.polygon_index_buffer_size, NULL, GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
 #endif
 
 	uint32_t buffer_ofs = 0;