diff --git a/drivers/gles_common/rasterizer_canvas_batcher.h b/drivers/gles_common/rasterizer_canvas_batcher.h
index 47687033b0b..88b6d895305 100644
--- a/drivers/gles_common/rasterizer_canvas_batcher.h
+++ b/drivers/gles_common/rasterizer_canvas_batcher.h
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ public:
 
 		// we are always splitting items with lots of commands,
 		// and items with unhandled primitives (default)
-		bool use_hardware_transform() const { return num_item_refs == 1; }
+		bool use_hardware_transform() const { return (num_item_refs == 1) && !(flags & RasterizerStorageCommon::USE_LARGE_FVF); }
 	};
 
 	struct BItemRef {