diff --git a/src/render/opengl/SDL_shaders_gl.c b/src/render/opengl/SDL_shaders_gl.c
index 74b77864a..708b090ef 100644
--- a/src/render/opengl/SDL_shaders_gl.c
+++ b/src/render/opengl/SDL_shaders_gl.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ GL_CreateShaderContext()
     }
 
     if (!shaders_supported) {
-        GL_DestroyShaderContext(ctx);
+        SDL_free(ctx);
         return NULL;
     }