diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 04b0fe7f..7c7a6b1f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 * Crash when compositor send `text-input-v3::enter` events without
   first having sent a `keyboard::enter` event
   (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/411).
+* Deadlock when rendering sixel images.
 
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/render.c b/render.c
index dd8070e0..d8e1a009 100644
--- a/render.c
+++ b/render.c
@@ -2090,6 +2090,8 @@ grid_render(struct terminal *term)
         cursor.row &= term->grid->num_rows - 1;
     }
 
+    render_sixel_images(term, buf->pix[0], &cursor);
+
     if (term->render.workers.count > 0) {
         mtx_lock(&term->render.workers.lock);
         term->render.workers.buf = buf;
@@ -2099,8 +2101,6 @@ grid_render(struct terminal *term)
         xassert(tll_length(term->render.workers.queue) == 0);
     }
 
-    render_sixel_images(term, buf->pix[0], &cursor);
-
     int first_dirty_row = -1;
     for (int r = 0; r < term->rows; r++) {
         struct row *row = grid_row_in_view(term->grid, r);