diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
index 39e1137ca..125ef8803 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
@@ -428,6 +428,10 @@ void OMW::Engine::prepareEngine (Settings::Manager & settings)
         MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->changeToInteriorCell (mCellName, pos);
     }
 
+    Ogre::FrameEvent event;
+    event.timeSinceLastEvent = 0;
+    event.timeSinceLastFrame = 0;
+    frameRenderingQueued(event);
     mOgre->getRoot()->addFrameListener (this);
 
     // scripts
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/occlusionquery.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/occlusionquery.cpp
index 5a4790b97..477e38215 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/occlusionquery.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/occlusionquery.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ OcclusionQuery::OcclusionQuery(OEngine::Render::OgreRenderer* renderer, SceneNod
     mSunTotalAreaQuery(0), mSunVisibleAreaQuery(0), mActiveQuery(0),
     mDoQuery(0), mSunVisibility(0),
     mWasVisible(false),
-    mActive(false)
+    mActive(false),
+    mFirstFrame(true)
 {
     mRendering = renderer;
     mSunNode = sunNode;
@@ -147,6 +148,12 @@ void OcclusionQuery::renderQueueEnded(uint8 queueGroupId, const String& invocati
 
 void OcclusionQuery::update(float duration)
 {
+    if (mFirstFrame)
+    {
+        // GLHardwareOcclusionQuery::isStillOutstanding doesn't seem to like getting called when nothing has been rendered yet
+        mFirstFrame = false;
+        return;
+    }
     if (!mSupported) return;
 
     mWasVisible = false;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/occlusionquery.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/occlusionquery.hpp
index 615ada532..983361c18 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/occlusionquery.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/occlusionquery.hpp
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ namespace MWRender
         bool mWasVisible;
 
         bool mActive;
+        bool mFirstFrame;
 
         bool mSupported;
         bool mDoQuery;