diff --git a/gfx/drivers/gl1.c b/gfx/drivers/gl1.c
index 54dd130e50..8ae8ddc231 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers/gl1.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers/gl1.c
@@ -568,28 +568,27 @@ static void draw_tex(gl1_t *gl1, int pot_width, int pot_height, int width, int h
       so we send the frame as dummy data */
    glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, internalFormat, pot_width, pot_height, 0, format, type, frame_to_copy);
 
+   uint8_t *frame = (uint8_t*)frame_to_copy;
+   uint8_t *frame_rgba = NULL;
    if (!gl1->supports_bgra) {
-      uint8_t* frame_rgba = malloc(pot_width * pot_height * 4);
-      uint8_t* frame_bgra = frame_to_copy;
-      int x, y;
-      for (y = 0; y < pot_height; y++) {
-         for (x = 0; x < pot_width; x++) {
-            int index = (y * pot_width + x) * 4;
-            frame_rgba[index + 2] = frame_bgra[index + 0];
-            frame_rgba[index + 1] = frame_bgra[index + 1];
-            frame_rgba[index + 0] = frame_bgra[index + 2];
-            frame_rgba[index + 3] = 255;
+      frame_rgba = (uint8_t*)malloc(pot_width * pot_height * 4);
+      if (frame_rgba) {
+         int x, y;
+         for (y = 0; y < pot_height; y++) {
+            for (x = 0; x < pot_width; x++) {
+               int index = (y * pot_width + x) * 4;
+               frame_rgba[index + 2] = frame[index + 0];
+               frame_rgba[index + 1] = frame[index + 1];
+               frame_rgba[index + 0] = frame[index + 2];
+               frame_rgba[index + 3] = frame[index + 3];
+            }
          }
+         frame = frame_rgba;
       }
-
-      glTexSubImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, 0, 0, width, height, GL_RGBA, type, frame_rgba);
-      free(frame_rgba);
-   }
-   else {
-      glTexSubImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, 0, 0, width, height, format, type, frame_to_copy);
    }
 
-   
+   glTexSubImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, 0, 0, width, height, format, type, frame);
+   free(frame_rgba);
 
    if (tex == gl1->tex)
    {