diff --git a/src/render/opengles2/SDL_render_gles2.c b/src/render/opengles2/SDL_render_gles2.c
index 30d761ad7..c419c0f07 100644
--- a/src/render/opengles2/SDL_render_gles2.c
+++ b/src/render/opengles2/SDL_render_gles2.c
@@ -1969,9 +1969,15 @@ GLES2_CreateRenderer(SDL_Window *window, Uint32 flags)
     int profile_mask = 0, major = 0, minor = 0;
     SDL_bool changed_window = SDL_FALSE;
 
-    SDL_GL_GetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_MASK, &profile_mask);
-    SDL_GL_GetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MAJOR_VERSION, &major);
-    SDL_GL_GetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MINOR_VERSION, &minor);
+    if (SDL_GL_GetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_MASK, &profile_mask) < 0) {
+        goto error;
+    }
+    if (SDL_GL_GetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MAJOR_VERSION, &major) < 0) {
+        goto error;
+    }
+    if (SDL_GL_GetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MINOR_VERSION, &minor) < 0) {
+        goto error;
+    }
 
     window_flags = SDL_GetWindowFlags(window);
     if (!(window_flags & SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL) ||