diff --git a/drivers/gles2/rasterizer_storage_gles2.cpp b/drivers/gles2/rasterizer_storage_gles2.cpp
index e6b40b732..7cc0c78eb 100644
--- a/drivers/gles2/rasterizer_storage_gles2.cpp
+++ b/drivers/gles2/rasterizer_storage_gles2.cpp
@@ -5955,6 +5955,10 @@ void RasterizerStorageGLES2::initialize() {
 	config.depth_internalformat = GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT;
 	config.depth_type = GL_UNSIGNED_INT;
 
+	// Initialize GLWrapper early on, as required for any calls to glActiveTexture.
+	glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_COMBINED_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS, &config.max_texture_image_units);
+	gl_wrapper.initialize(config.max_texture_image_units);
+
 #ifdef GLES_OVER_GL
 	config.float_texture_supported = true;
 	config.s3tc_supported = true;
@@ -6147,8 +6151,6 @@ void RasterizerStorageGLES2::initialize() {
 	frame.clear_request = false;
 
 	glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_VERTEX_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS, &config.max_vertex_texture_image_units);
-	glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_COMBINED_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS, &config.max_texture_image_units);
-	gl_wrapper.initialize(config.max_texture_image_units);
 	glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE, &config.max_texture_size);
 	glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_CUBE_MAP_TEXTURE_SIZE, &config.max_cubemap_texture_size);
 	glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_VIEWPORT_DIMS, config.max_viewport_dimensions);