diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qopenglcontext.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qopenglcontext.cpp
index 02781f4aa0..dd41318f72 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qopenglcontext.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qopenglcontext.cpp
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ QOpenGLContext *QOpenGLContextPrivate::setCurrentContext(QOpenGLContext *context
             qWarning("No QTLS available. currentContext won't work");
             return nullptr;
         }
+        if (!context)
+            return nullptr;
+
         threadContext = new QGuiGLThreadContext;
         qwindow_context_storage()->setLocalData(threadContext);
     }