diff --git a/src/libANGLE/renderer/gl/StateManagerGL.cpp b/src/libANGLE/renderer/gl/StateManagerGL.cpp
index 0d2bf2a565..ff739e7e50 100644
--- a/src/libANGLE/renderer/gl/StateManagerGL.cpp
+++ b/src/libANGLE/renderer/gl/StateManagerGL.cpp
@@ -2893,9 +2893,20 @@ void StateManagerGL::syncTransformFeedbackState(const gl::Context *context)
         TransformFeedbackGL *transformFeedbackGL =
             GetImplAs<TransformFeedbackGL>(transformFeedback);
         bindTransformFeedback(GL_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK, transformFeedbackGL->getTransformFeedbackID());
+        // TransformFeedbackGL::syncActiveState(true) rebinds the cached
+        // begin-time program so the native glBeginTransformFeedback links the
+        // correct varyings. Because begin() is lazy, this runs *inside*
+        // syncState after DIRTY_BIT_PROGRAM_BINDING has already bound the
+        // front-end program for the current draw, so the override must not
+        // outlive this call. Restore after syncPausedState so that, in the
+        // active+paused case (the only one where the two programs may differ),
+        // the native glPauseTransformFeedback has already run and glUseProgram
+        // is legal again.
+        const GLuint previousProgram = mProgram;
         transformFeedbackGL->syncActiveState(context, transformFeedback->isActive(),
                                              transformFeedback->getPrimitiveMode());
         transformFeedbackGL->syncPausedState(transformFeedback->isPaused());
+        useProgram(previousProgram);
         mCurrentTransformFeedback = transformFeedbackGL;
     }
     else