diff --git a/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/client/renderer/tileentity/TileEntityPistonRenderer.java.patch b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/client/renderer/tileentity/TileEntityPistonRenderer.java.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e250a74b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/client/renderer/tileentity/TileEntityPistonRenderer.java.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/net/minecraft/client/renderer/tileentity/TileEntityPistonRenderer.java
++++ b/net/minecraft/client/renderer/tileentity/TileEntityPistonRenderer.java
+@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
+    }
+ 
+    private boolean func_188186_a(BlockPos p_188186_1_, IBlockState p_188186_2_, BufferBuilder p_188186_3_, World p_188186_4_, boolean p_188186_5_) {
++      if (field_178462_c == null) field_178462_c = Minecraft.func_71410_x().func_175602_ab();
+       return this.field_178462_c.func_175019_b().func_199324_a(p_188186_4_, this.field_178462_c.func_184389_a(p_188186_2_), p_188186_2_, p_188186_1_, p_188186_3_, p_188186_5_, new Random(), p_188186_2_.func_209533_a(p_188186_1_));
+    }
+ }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/accesstransformer.cfg b/src/main/resources/META-INF/accesstransformer.cfg
index c6f077f773..0c10d21a47 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/accesstransformer.cfg
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/accesstransformer.cfg
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ public net.minecraft.resources.AbstractResourcePack field_195771_a # file
 public net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.RenderManager field_78729_o #renderers
 # TileEntityRendererDispatcher
 public net.minecraft.client.renderer.tileentity.TileEntityRendererDispatcher field_147557_n # fontRenderer - needed for rendering text in TESR items before entering world
+private-f net.minecraft.client.renderer.tileentity.TileEntityPistonRenderer field_178462_c # blockRenderer - it's static so we need to un-finalize in case this class loads to early.
 # GameRenderer
 public net.minecraft.client.renderer.GameRenderer func_175069_a(Lnet/minecraft/util/ResourceLocation;)V #loadShader
 # WeightedRandomItem