diff --git a/frontend/frontend.c b/frontend/frontend.c
index 7113027943..58bb1dffe5 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend.c
+++ b/frontend/frontend.c
@@ -267,15 +267,7 @@ int rarch_main(int argc, char *argv[], void *data)
 
    driver = driver_get_ptr();
 
-   if (driver)
-      driver->frontend_ctx = (frontend_ctx_driver_t*)frontend_ctx_init_first();
-
-   if (!driver || !driver->frontend_ctx)
-      RARCH_WARN("Frontend context could not be initialized.\n");
-
-   if (driver->frontend_ctx && driver->frontend_ctx->init)
-      driver->frontend_ctx->init(args);
-
+   frontend_driver_init_first(args);
    rarch_main_new();
 
 #ifdef HAVE_THREADS
@@ -283,10 +275,10 @@ int rarch_main(int argc, char *argv[], void *data)
    global->async_jobs = async_job_new();
 #endif
    
-   if (driver->frontend_ctx)
+   if (frontend_driver_is_inited())
    {
       if (!(ret = (main_load_content(argc, argv, args,
-                     driver->frontend_ctx->environment_get))))
+                     frontend_driver_environment_get_ptr()))))
          return ret;
    }
 
diff --git a/frontend/frontend_driver.c b/frontend/frontend_driver.c
index 68cdd02476..5438f20d93 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend_driver.c
+++ b/frontend/frontend_driver.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "frontend_driver.h"
 #ifndef IS_SALAMANDER
 #include "../driver.h"
+#include "../verbosity.h"
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
@@ -146,4 +147,33 @@ void frontend_driver_process_args(int *argc, char *argv[])
       return;
    frontend->process_args(argc, argv);
 }
+
+bool frontend_driver_is_inited(void)
+{
+   driver_t *driver = driver_get_ptr();
+   if (!driver->frontend_ctx)
+      return false;
+   return true;
+}
+
+void frontend_driver_init_first(void *args)
+{
+   driver_t *driver = driver_get_ptr();
+   if (driver)
+      driver->frontend_ctx = (frontend_ctx_driver_t*)frontend_ctx_init_first();
+
+   if (!driver || !driver->frontend_ctx)
+      RARCH_WARN("Frontend context could not be initialized.\n");
+
+   if (driver->frontend_ctx && driver->frontend_ctx->init)
+      driver->frontend_ctx->init(args);
+}
+
+environment_get_t frontend_driver_environment_get_ptr(void)
+{
+   driver_t *driver = driver_get_ptr();
+   if (!driver || !driver->frontend_ctx)
+      return NULL;
+   return driver->frontend_ctx->environment_get;
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/frontend/frontend_driver.h b/frontend/frontend_driver.h
index b17688341e..21c942bc86 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend_driver.h
+++ b/frontend/frontend_driver.h
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ void frontend_driver_set_fork(bool a, bool b);
 
 void frontend_driver_process_args(int *argc, char *argv[]);
 
+bool frontend_driver_is_inited(void);
+
+void frontend_driver_init_first(void *args);
+
+environment_get_t frontend_driver_environment_get_ptr(void);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif