diff --git a/src/modules/voxelrender/SceneGraphRenderer.cpp b/src/modules/voxelrender/SceneGraphRenderer.cpp
index 23aa93e6d..d717015e1 100644
--- a/src/modules/voxelrender/SceneGraphRenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/voxelrender/SceneGraphRenderer.cpp
@@ -130,10 +130,14 @@ void SceneGraphRenderer::prepare(voxelformat::SceneGraph &sceneGraph, uint32_t f
 	}
 }
 
+void SceneGraphRenderer::extractAll() {
+	while (_renderer.scheduleExtractions(100)) {
+	}
+}
+
 void SceneGraphRenderer::render(const video::Camera& camera, bool shadow, bool waitPending) {
 	if (waitPending) {
-		while (_renderer.scheduleExtractions(100)) {
-		}
+		extractAll();
 		_renderer.waitForPendingExtractions();
 		_renderer.update();
 	}
diff --git a/src/modules/voxelrender/SceneGraphRenderer.h b/src/modules/voxelrender/SceneGraphRenderer.h
index 48790fd07..2a00122fa 100644
--- a/src/modules/voxelrender/SceneGraphRenderer.h
+++ b/src/modules/voxelrender/SceneGraphRenderer.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public:
 	bool toMesh(voxelformat::SceneGraphNode &node, voxel::Mesh* mesh);
 	bool empty(voxelformat::SceneGraphNode &node);
 	void prepare(voxelformat::SceneGraph &sceneGraph, uint32_t frame = 0, bool hideInactive = false, bool grayInactive = false);
+	void extractAll();
 	/**
 	 * @param waitPending Wait for pending extractions and update the buffers before doing the rendering. If this is false, you have to call @c update() manually!
 	 */