diff --git a/common b/common
index bc76a8b6a2..f2c6b95d0d 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit bc76a8b6a2db1cc0605158e672b2d420b4e130d0
+Subproject commit f2c6b95d0d98e97c37ffe27509709fdd41cd503c
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/gl/cocoa/gstglwindow_cocoa.m b/gst-libs/gst/gl/cocoa/gstglwindow_cocoa.m
index 678fd63d84..a0f09eadc4 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/gl/cocoa/gstglwindow_cocoa.m
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/gl/cocoa/gstglwindow_cocoa.m
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
+#include <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
 
 #include "gstgl_cocoa_private.h"
 
@@ -280,11 +281,12 @@ gst_gl_window_cocoa_draw (GstGLWindow * window)
   GstGLNSView *view = (GstGLNSView *)[window_cocoa->priv->internal_win_id contentView];
 
   /* this redraws the GstGLCAOpenGLLayer which calls
-   * gst_gl_window_cocoa_draw_thread()
+   * gst_gl_window_cocoa_draw_thread(). Use an explicit CATransaction since we
+   * don't know how often the main runloop is running.
    */
-  dispatch_sync (dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
-    [view setNeedsDisplay:YES];
-  });
+  [CATransaction begin];
+  [view setNeedsDisplay:YES];
+  [CATransaction commit];
 }
 
 static void