diff --git a/driver.c b/driver.c
index 6ac3d5214d..3b58ea8216 100644
--- a/driver.c
+++ b/driver.c
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ void init_video_input(void)
 
    const input_driver_t *tmp = driver.input;
 #ifdef HAVE_THREADS
-   if (g_settings.video.threaded)
+   if (g_settings.video.threaded && !g_extern.system.hw_render_callback.context_type) // Can't do hardware rendering with threaded driver currently.
    {
       find_video_driver(); // Need to grab the "real" video driver interface on a reinit.
       RARCH_LOG("Starting threaded video driver ...\n");