diff --git a/filament/backend/src/metal/MetalState.h b/filament/backend/src/metal/MetalState.h
index 3ba3280db0..90c8299158 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/metal/MetalState.h
+++ b/filament/backend/src/metal/MetalState.h
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ using PipelineStateCache = StateCache<PipelineState, id<MTLRenderPipelineState>,
 // Depth-stencil State
 
 struct DepthStencilState {
-    MTLCompareFunction compareFunction = MTLCompareFunctionNever;       // 8 bytes
+    MTLCompareFunction compareFunction = MTLCompareFunctionAlways;      // 8 bytes
     bool depthWriteEnabled = false;                                     // 1 byte
     char padding[7] = { 0 };                                            // 7 bytes