diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js
index 9b655fb299..4f02284d59 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer.prototype.prepareFrame =
     var style = styleFunction(feature);
     ol.renderer.vector.renderFeature(batchGroup, feature, style);
   }, this);
+  batchGroup.finish();
 
   this.renderedResolution_ = frameState.view2DState.resolution;
   this.renderedRevision_ = vectorSource.getRevision();
diff --git a/src/ol/replay/canvas/canvasbatchgroup.js b/src/ol/replay/canvas/canvasbatchgroup.js
index ede86bbff1..d3d3638227 100644
--- a/src/ol/replay/canvas/canvasbatchgroup.js
+++ b/src/ol/replay/canvas/canvasbatchgroup.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ goog.provide('ol.replay.canvas.BatchGroup');
 
 goog.require('goog.array');
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
-goog.require('goog.functions');
 goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('ol.replay');
 goog.require('ol.replay.IBatch');
@@ -218,7 +217,9 @@ ol.replay.canvas.BatchGroup.prototype.getBatch = function(zIndex, batchType) {
 /**
  * @inheritDoc
  */
-ol.replay.canvas.BatchGroup.prototype.isEmpty = goog.functions.FALSE; // FIXME
+ol.replay.canvas.BatchGroup.prototype.isEmpty = function() {
+  return goog.object.isEmpty(this.batchesByZIndex_);
+};
 
 
 /**