diff --git a/opengl/libs/GLES2/gl2.cpp b/opengl/libs/GLES2/gl2.cpp
index e112fec04..ad9af9f88 100644
--- a/opengl/libs/GLES2/gl2.cpp
+++ b/opengl/libs/GLES2/gl2.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ const GLubyte * glGetString(GLenum name)
     const GLubyte * ret = egl_get_string_for_current_context(name);
     if (ret == NULL) {
         gl_hooks_t::gl_t const * const _c = &getGlThreadSpecific()->gl;
-        ret = _c->glGetString(name);
+        if(_c) ret = _c->glGetString(name);
     }
     return ret;
 }