diff --git a/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasimmediate.js b/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasimmediate.js
index 58aaf34ca7..cfcd5b1118 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasimmediate.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasimmediate.js
@@ -517,11 +517,10 @@ ol.render.canvas.Immediate.prototype.drawGeometry = function(geometry) {
 
 
 /**
- * Render a feature into the canvas.  In order to respect the zIndex of the
- * style this method draws asynchronously and thus *after* calls to
- * drawXxxxGeometry have been finished, effectively drawing the feature
- * *on top* of everything else.  You probably should be using an
- * {@link ol.layer.Vector} instead of calling this method directly.
+ * Render a feature into the canvas.  Note that any `zIndex` on the provided
+ * style will be ignored - features are rendered immediately in the order that
+ * this method is called.  If you need `zIndex` support, you should be using an
+ * {@link ol.layer.Vector} instead.
  *
  * @param {ol.Feature} feature Feature.
  * @param {ol.style.Style} style Style.
@@ -533,17 +532,9 @@ ol.render.canvas.Immediate.prototype.drawFeature = function(feature, style) {
       !ol.extent.intersects(this.extent_, geometry.getExtent())) {
     return;
   }
-  var zIndex = style.getZIndex();
-  if (zIndex === undefined) {
-    zIndex = 0;
-  }
-  this.drawAsync(zIndex, function(render) {
-    render.setFillStrokeStyle(style.getFill(), style.getStroke());
-    render.setImageStyle(style.getImage());
-    render.setTextStyle(style.getText());
-    goog.asserts.assert(geometry, 'geometry must be truthy');
-    render.drawGeometry(geometry);
-  });
+  this.setStyle(style);
+  goog.asserts.assert(geometry, 'geometry must be truthy');
+  this.drawGeometry(geometry);
 };