diff --git a/gfx/drivers/gl.c b/gfx/drivers/gl.c
index aec9114e96..66f45482d5 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers/gl.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers/gl.c
@@ -1148,8 +1148,7 @@ static bool gl_frame(void *data, const void *frame,
 
    if (!string_is_empty(msg))
    {
-      settings_t *settings = config_get_ptr();
-      if (settings && settings->bools.video_msg_bgcolor_enable)
+      if (video_info->msg_bgcolor_enable)
          gl_render_osd_background(gl, video_info, msg);
       font_driver_render_msg(video_info, NULL, msg, NULL);
    }
diff --git a/gfx/video_driver.c b/gfx/video_driver.c
index 4b19b3153a..dd7168415e 100644
--- a/gfx/video_driver.c
+++ b/gfx/video_driver.c
@@ -2786,6 +2786,8 @@ void video_driver_build_info(video_frame_info_t *video_info)
    video_info->use_rgba              = video_driver_use_rgba;
 
    video_info->libretro_running       = false;
+   video_info->msg_bgcolor_enable     = settings->bools.video_msg_bgcolor_enable;
+
 #ifdef HAVE_MENU
    video_info->menu_is_alive          = menu_driver_is_alive();
    video_info->menu_footer_opacity    = settings->floats.menu_footer_opacity;
diff --git a/gfx/video_driver.h b/gfx/video_driver.h
index 66e1e7f0a3..19f1767460 100644
--- a/gfx/video_driver.h
+++ b/gfx/video_driver.h
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ typedef struct video_frame_info
    bool runloop_is_paused;
    bool is_perfcnt_enable;
    bool menu_is_alive;
+   bool msg_bgcolor_enable;
 
    int custom_vp_x;
    int custom_vp_y;