diff --git a/testsuite/gsk/compare-render.c b/testsuite/gsk/compare-render.c
index 47a2f1f33d..9973df5de2 100644
--- a/testsuite/gsk/compare-render.c
+++ b/testsuite/gsk/compare-render.c
@@ -592,7 +592,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   if (replay)
     {
       GskRenderNode *node2;
-      GdkTexture *rendered_texture2;
       graphene_rect_t node_bounds, node2_bounds;
       GtkSnapshot *snapshot = gtk_snapshot_new ();
 
@@ -609,14 +608,13 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       /* Check that the node didn't grow.  */
       success = success && graphene_rect_contains_rect (&node_bounds, &node2_bounds);
 
-      rendered_texture = gsk_renderer_render_texture (renderer, node, &node_bounds);
-      save_image (rendered_texture, node_file, "-replayed.ref.png");
-      rendered_texture2 = gsk_renderer_render_texture (renderer, node2, &node_bounds);
-      save_image (rendered_texture2, node_file, "-replayed.out.png");
+      reference_texture = gdk_texture_new_from_filename (png_file, &error);
+      rendered_texture = gsk_renderer_render_texture (renderer, node2, &node_bounds);
+      save_image (rendered_texture, node_file, "-replayed.out.png");
+      g_assert_nonnull (reference_texture);
       g_assert_nonnull (rendered_texture);
-      g_assert_nonnull (rendered_texture2);
 
-      diff_texture = reftest_compare_textures (rendered_texture, rendered_texture2);
+      diff_texture = reftest_compare_textures (reference_texture, rendered_texture);
 
       if (diff_texture)
         {
@@ -625,8 +623,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
         }
 
       g_clear_object (&diff_texture);
+      g_clear_object (&reference_texture);
       g_clear_object (&rendered_texture);
-      g_clear_object (&rendered_texture2);
       gsk_render_node_unref (node2);
     }