diff --git a/frontend/menu/rgui.c b/frontend/menu/rgui.c
index e0c66dad30..5ccfbe0af4 100644
--- a/frontend/menu/rgui.c
+++ b/frontend/menu/rgui.c
@@ -1722,12 +1722,12 @@ bool menu_iterate(void)
    input_entry_ret = rgui_iterate(rgui, action);
 
    // draw last frame for loading messages
-   if (driver.video_poke->set_rgui_texture)
+   if (driver.video_poke && driver.video_poke->set_rgui_texture)
       driver.video_poke->set_rgui_texture(driver.video_data, menu_framebuf);
 
    rarch_render_cached_frame();
 
-   if (driver.video_poke->set_rgui_texture)
+   if (driver.video_poke && driver.video_poke->set_rgui_texture)
       driver.video_poke->set_rgui_texture(driver.video_data, NULL);
 
    input_process_ret = menu_input_process(NULL, NULL);