diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/evas_gl_routines.c b/legacy/evas/src/evas_gl_routines.c
index e7f574c3dd..4f911afdb2 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/evas_gl_routines.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/evas_gl_routines.c
@@ -2461,6 +2461,7 @@ __evas_gl_init(Display *disp, int screen, int colors)
    /* direct rendering client */
    __evas_gl_cx = glXCreateContext(disp, __evas_vi, NULL, GL_TRUE);
    /* GLX indirect */
+   if (!__evas_gl_cx) glXCreateContext(disp, __evas_vi, NULL, GL_FALSE);   
 /*   __evas_gl_cx = glXCreateContext(disp, __evas_vi, NULL, GL_FALSE);*/
 }