diff --git a/include/gpu/GrTypes.h b/include/gpu/GrTypes.h
index e3e5357..0486cbf 100644
--- a/include/gpu/GrTypes.h
+++ b/include/gpu/GrTypes.h
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@
  * Coeffecients for alpha-blending.
  */
 enum GrBlendCoeff {
+    kInvalid_BlendCoeff = -1,
+
     kZero_BlendCoeff,    //<! 0
     kOne_BlendCoeff,     //<! 1
     kSC_BlendCoeff,      //<! src color
diff --git a/src/gpu/gl/GrGpuGL.cpp b/src/gpu/gl/GrGpuGL.cpp
index 2966f59..805d513 100644
--- a/src/gpu/gl/GrGpuGL.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/gl/GrGpuGL.cpp
@@ -456,10 +456,6 @@
         this->glCaps().print();
     }
 
-    // We detect cases when blending is effectively off
-    fHWBlendDisabled = false;
-    GL_CALL(Enable(GR_GL_BLEND));
-
     // we don't use the zb at all
     GL_CALL(Disable(GR_GL_DEPTH_TEST));
     GL_CALL(DepthMask(GR_GL_FALSE));
@@ -486,11 +482,7 @@
     // invalid
     fActiveTextureUnitIdx = -1;
 
-    // illegal values
-    fHWDrawState.setBlendFunc((GrBlendCoeff)0xFF, (GrBlendCoeff)0xFF);
-
-    fHWDrawState.setBlendConstant(0x00000000);
-    GL_CALL(BlendColor(0,0,0,0));
+    fHWBlendState.invalidate();
 
     fHWDrawState.setColor(GrColor_ILLEGAL);
 
@@ -1976,15 +1968,16 @@
                          GrBlendCoeff srcCoeff,
                          GrBlendCoeff dstCoeff) {
     if (GrIsPrimTypeLines(type) && this->willUseHWAALines()) {
-        if (fHWBlendDisabled) {
+        if (kYes_TriState != fHWBlendState.fEnabled) {
             GL_CALL(Enable(GR_GL_BLEND));
-            fHWBlendDisabled = false;
+            fHWBlendState.fEnabled = kYes_TriState;
         }
-        if (kSA_BlendCoeff != fHWDrawState.getSrcBlendCoeff() ||
-            kISA_BlendCoeff != fHWDrawState.getDstBlendCoeff()) {
+        if (kSA_BlendCoeff != fHWBlendState.fSrcCoeff ||
+            kISA_BlendCoeff != fHWBlendState.fDstCoeff) {
             GL_CALL(BlendFunc(gXfermodeCoeff2Blend[kSA_BlendCoeff],
                               gXfermodeCoeff2Blend[kISA_BlendCoeff]));
-            fHWDrawState.setBlendFunc(kSA_BlendCoeff, kISA_BlendCoeff);
+            fHWBlendState.fSrcCoeff = kSA_BlendCoeff;
+            fHWBlendState.fDstCoeff = kISA_BlendCoeff;
         }
     } else {
         // any optimization to disable blending should
@@ -1992,25 +1985,28 @@
         // to (1, 0).
         bool blendOff = kOne_BlendCoeff == srcCoeff &&
                         kZero_BlendCoeff == dstCoeff;
-        if (fHWBlendDisabled != blendOff) {
-            if (blendOff) {
+        if (blendOff) {
+            if (kNo_TriState != fHWBlendState.fEnabled) {
                 GL_CALL(Disable(GR_GL_BLEND));
-            } else {
-                GL_CALL(Enable(GR_GL_BLEND));
+                fHWBlendState.fEnabled = kNo_TriState;
             }
-            fHWBlendDisabled = blendOff;
-        }
-        if (!blendOff) {
-            if (fHWDrawState.getSrcBlendCoeff() != srcCoeff ||
-                fHWDrawState.getDstBlendCoeff() != dstCoeff) {
+        } else {
+            if (kYes_TriState != fHWBlendState.fEnabled) {
+                GL_CALL(Enable(GR_GL_BLEND));
+                fHWBlendState.fEnabled = kYes_TriState;
+            }
+            if (fHWBlendState.fSrcCoeff != srcCoeff ||
+                fHWBlendState.fDstCoeff != dstCoeff) {
                 GL_CALL(BlendFunc(gXfermodeCoeff2Blend[srcCoeff],
                                   gXfermodeCoeff2Blend[dstCoeff]));
-                fHWDrawState.setBlendFunc(srcCoeff, dstCoeff);
+                fHWBlendState.fSrcCoeff = srcCoeff;
+                fHWBlendState.fDstCoeff = dstCoeff;
             }
             GrColor blendConst = this->getDrawState().getBlendConstant();
             if ((BlendCoeffReferencesConstant(srcCoeff) ||
                  BlendCoeffReferencesConstant(dstCoeff)) &&
-                fHWDrawState.getBlendConstant() != blendConst) {
+                (!fHWBlendState.fConstColorValid ||
+                 fHWBlendState.fConstColor != blendConst)) {
 
                 float c[] = {
                     GrColorUnpackR(blendConst) / 255.f,
@@ -2019,12 +2015,12 @@
                     GrColorUnpackA(blendConst) / 255.f
                 };
                 GL_CALL(BlendColor(c[0], c[1], c[2], c[3]));
-                fHWDrawState.setBlendConstant(blendConst);
+                fHWBlendState.fConstColor = blendConst;
+                fHWBlendState.fConstColorValid = true;
             }
         }
     }
 }
-
 namespace {
 
 unsigned gr_to_gl_filter(GrSamplerState::Filter filter) {
diff --git a/src/gpu/gl/GrGpuGL.h b/src/gpu/gl/GrGpuGL.h
index b22b44f..d5c9c27 100644
--- a/src/gpu/gl/GrGpuGL.h
+++ b/src/gpu/gl/GrGpuGL.h
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@
 protected:
     GrGpuGL(const GrGLContextInfo& ctxInfo);
 
+    enum TriState {
+        kNo_TriState,
+        kYes_TriState,
+        kUnknown_TriState
+    };
+
     struct {
         size_t                  fVertexOffset;
         GrVertexLayout          fVertexLayout;
@@ -242,10 +248,23 @@
 
     GrGLContextInfo fGLContextInfo;
 
-    bool fHWBlendDisabled;
-
     int fActiveTextureUnitIdx;
 
+    struct {
+        GrBlendCoeff    fSrcCoeff;
+        GrBlendCoeff    fDstCoeff;
+        GrColor         fConstColor;
+        bool            fConstColorValid;
+        TriState        fEnabled;
+
+        void invalidate() {
+            fSrcCoeff = kInvalid_BlendCoeff;
+            fDstCoeff = kInvalid_BlendCoeff;
+            fConstColorValid = false;
+            fEnabled = kUnknown_TriState;
+        }
+    } fHWBlendState;
+
     // we record what stencil format worked last time to hopefully exit early
     // from our loop that tries stencil formats and calls check fb status.
     int fLastSuccessfulStencilFmtIdx;