diff --git a/GPU/Common/DrawEngineCommon.cpp b/GPU/Common/DrawEngineCommon.cpp
index 60c250533a0f..9fe14adfca3a 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/DrawEngineCommon.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Common/DrawEngineCommon.cpp
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ void DrawEngineCommon::DecodeVertsStep(u8 *dest, int &i, int &decodedVerts) {
 		decodedVerts += indexUpperBound - indexLowerBound + 1;
 		
 		bool clockwise = true;
-		if (dc.cullMode != -1 && gstate.isCullEnabled() && gstate.getCullMode() != dc.cullMode) {
+		if (gstate.isCullEnabled() && gstate.getCullMode() != dc.cullMode) {
 			clockwise = false;
 		}
 		indexGen.AddPrim(dc.prim, dc.vertexCount, clockwise);
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ void DrawEngineCommon::DecodeVertsStep(u8 *dest, int &i, int &decodedVerts) {
 		case GE_VTYPE_IDX_8BIT >> GE_VTYPE_IDX_SHIFT:
 			for (int j = i; j <= lastMatch; j++) {
 				bool clockwise = true;
-				if (drawCalls[j].cullMode != -1 && gstate.isCullEnabled() && gstate.getCullMode() != drawCalls[j].cullMode) {
+				if (gstate.isCullEnabled() && gstate.getCullMode() != drawCalls[j].cullMode) {
 					clockwise = false;
 				}
 				indexGen.TranslatePrim(drawCalls[j].prim, drawCalls[j].vertexCount, (const u8 *)drawCalls[j].inds, indexLowerBound, clockwise);
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ void DrawEngineCommon::DecodeVertsStep(u8 *dest, int &i, int &decodedVerts) {
 		case GE_VTYPE_IDX_16BIT >> GE_VTYPE_IDX_SHIFT:
 			for (int j = i; j <= lastMatch; j++) {
 				bool clockwise = true;
-				if (drawCalls[j].cullMode != -1 && gstate.isCullEnabled() && gstate.getCullMode() != drawCalls[j].cullMode) {
+				if (gstate.isCullEnabled() && gstate.getCullMode() != drawCalls[j].cullMode) {
 					clockwise = false;
 				}
 				indexGen.TranslatePrim(drawCalls[j].prim, drawCalls[j].vertexCount, (const u16_le *)drawCalls[j].inds, indexLowerBound, clockwise);
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ void DrawEngineCommon::DecodeVertsStep(u8 *dest, int &i, int &decodedVerts) {
 		case GE_VTYPE_IDX_32BIT >> GE_VTYPE_IDX_SHIFT:
 			for (int j = i; j <= lastMatch; j++) {
 				bool clockwise = true;
-				if (drawCalls[j].cullMode != -1 && gstate.isCullEnabled() && gstate.getCullMode() != drawCalls[j].cullMode) {
+				if (gstate.isCullEnabled() && gstate.getCullMode() != drawCalls[j].cullMode) {
 					clockwise = false;
 				}
 				indexGen.TranslatePrim(drawCalls[j].prim, drawCalls[j].vertexCount, (const u32_le *)drawCalls[j].inds, indexLowerBound, clockwise);
diff --git a/GPU/GPUCommon.cpp b/GPU/GPUCommon.cpp
index ecc9163f3f8e..c6eec3c59987 100644
--- a/GPU/GPUCommon.cpp
+++ b/GPU/GPUCommon.cpp
@@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@ void GPUCommon::Execute_Prim(u32 op, u32 diff) {
 	UpdateUVScaleOffset();
 
 	// cull mode
-	int cullMode = gstate.isCullEnabled() ? gstate.getCullMode() : -1;
+	int cullMode = gstate.getCullMode();
 
 	uint32_t vertTypeID = GetVertTypeID(vertexType, gstate.getUVGenMode());
 	drawEngineCommon_->SubmitPrim(verts, inds, prim, count, vertTypeID, cullMode, &bytesRead);
@@ -1609,13 +1609,6 @@ void GPUCommon::Execute_Prim(u32 op, u32 diff) {
 				inds = Memory::GetPointerUnchecked(gstate_c.indexAddr);
 			}
 
-			if (newPrim != GE_PRIM_TRIANGLE_STRIP && cullMode != -1 && cullMode != gstate.getCullMode()) {
-				DEBUG_LOG(G3D, "flush cull mode before prim: %d", newPrim);
-				drawEngineCommon_->DispatchFlush();
-				gstate.cmdmem[GE_CMD_CULL] ^= 1;
-				gstate_c.Dirty(DIRTY_RASTER_STATE);
-			}
-
 			drawEngineCommon_->SubmitPrim(verts, inds, newPrim, count, vertTypeID, cullMode, &bytesRead);
 			AdvanceVerts(vertexType, count, bytesRead);
 			totalVertCount += count;
@@ -1643,8 +1636,14 @@ void GPUCommon::Execute_Prim(u32 op, u32 diff) {
 		case GE_CMD_BASE:
 			gstate.cmdmem[GE_CMD_BASE] = data;
 			break;
+		case GE_CMD_CULLFACEENABLE:
+			// Earth Defence Force 2
+			if (gstate.cmdmem[GE_CMD_CULLFACEENABLE] != data) {
+				goto bail;
+			}
+			break;
 		case GE_CMD_CULL:
-			// flip face by indices for GE_PRIM_TRIANGLE_STRIP
+			// flip face by indices for triangles
 			cullMode = data & 1;
 			break;
 		case GE_CMD_NOP:
@@ -1706,10 +1705,10 @@ void GPUCommon::Execute_Prim(u32 op, u32 diff) {
 		UpdatePC(currentList->pc, currentList->pc + cmdCount * 4);
 		currentList->pc += cmdCount * 4;
 		// flush back cull mode
-		if (cullMode != -1 && cullMode != gstate.getCullMode()) {
-			drawEngineCommon_->DispatchFlush();
+		if (cullMode != gstate.getCullMode()) {
 			gstate.cmdmem[GE_CMD_CULL] ^= 1;
 			gstate_c.Dirty(DIRTY_RASTER_STATE);
+			drawEngineCommon_->DispatchFlush();
 		}
 	}