diff --git a/filament/src/PostProcessManager.cpp b/filament/src/PostProcessManager.cpp
index e6b5a66021..cb94bd480c 100644
--- a/filament/src/PostProcessManager.cpp
+++ b/filament/src/PostProcessManager.cpp
@@ -2299,8 +2299,8 @@ void PostProcessManager::colorGradingPrepareSubpass(DriverApi& driver,
     mi->commit(driver);
 
     // load both variants
-    material.getMaterial(mEngine)->getProgram(Variant{Variant::type_t(PostProcessVariant::TRANSLUCENT)});
-    material.getMaterial(mEngine)->getProgram(Variant{Variant::type_t(PostProcessVariant::OPAQUE)});
+    material.getMaterial(mEngine)->prepareProgram(Variant{Variant::type_t(PostProcessVariant::TRANSLUCENT)});
+    material.getMaterial(mEngine)->prepareProgram(Variant{Variant::type_t(PostProcessVariant::OPAQUE)});
 }
 
 void PostProcessManager::colorGradingSubpass(DriverApi& driver,
@@ -2324,7 +2324,7 @@ void PostProcessManager::customResolvePrepareSubpass(DriverApi& driver, CustomRe
     FMaterialInstance* mi = material.getMaterialInstance(mEngine);
     mi->setParameter("direction", op == CustomResolveOp::COMPRESS ? 1.0f : -1.0f),
     mi->commit(driver);
-    material.getMaterial(mEngine)->getProgram(Variant{});
+    material.getMaterial(mEngine)->prepareProgram(Variant{});
 }
 
 void PostProcessManager::customResolveSubpass(DriverApi& driver) noexcept {
diff --git a/filament/src/details/Material.h b/filament/src/details/Material.h
index 25604bd3bf..397a4e64b1 100644
--- a/filament/src/details/Material.h
+++ b/filament/src/details/Material.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public:
 
     // getProgram returns the backend program for the material's given variant.
     // Must be called after prepareProgram().
-    backend::Handle<backend::HwProgram> getProgram(Variant variant) const noexcept {
+    [[nodiscard]] backend::Handle<backend::HwProgram> getProgram(Variant variant) const noexcept {
 #if FILAMENT_ENABLE_MATDBG
         assert_invariant(variant.key < VARIANT_COUNT);
         mActivePrograms.set(variant.key);