diff --git a/src/events/SDL_mouse.c b/src/events/SDL_mouse.c
index 5e33cd5b1..236b8c540 100644
--- a/src/events/SDL_mouse.c
+++ b/src/events/SDL_mouse.c
@@ -538,7 +538,10 @@ SDL_SetRelativeMouseMode(SDL_bool enabled)
     } else if (enabled && ShouldUseRelativeModeWarp(mouse)) {
         mouse->relative_mode_warp = SDL_TRUE;
     } else if (mouse->SetRelativeMouseMode(enabled) < 0) {
-        return -1;
+        if (enabled) {
+            // Fall back to warp mode if native relative mode failed
+            mouse->relative_mode_warp = SDL_TRUE;
+        }
     }
     mouse->relative_mode = enabled;
 
diff --git a/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsmouse.c b/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsmouse.c
index 183e71c7e..b49249db6 100644
--- a/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsmouse.c
+++ b/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsmouse.c
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ WIN_SetRelativeMouseMode(SDL_bool enabled)
     /* (Un)register raw input for mice */
     if (RegisterRawInputDevices(&rawMouse, 1, sizeof(RAWINPUTDEVICE)) == FALSE) {
 
-        /* Only return an error when registering. If we unregister and fail, then
-        it's probably that we unregistered twice. That's OK. */
+        /* Only return an error when registering. If we unregister and fail,
+           then it's probably that we unregistered twice. That's OK. */
         if (enabled) {
             return SDL_Unsupported();
         }