diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gl_gs_frame.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gl_gs_frame.cpp
index 665c2c92ec..01c4aa4259 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gl_gs_frame.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gl_gs_frame.cpp
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@ draw_context_t gl_gs_frame::make_context()
 
 	if (m_primary_context)
 	{
-		auto surface = new QOffscreenSurface();
-		surface->setFormat(m_format);
+		QOffscreenSurface* surface = nullptr;
+
 		// Workaround for the Qt warning: "Attempting to create QWindow-based QOffscreenSurface outside the gui thread. Expect failures."
 		Emu.BlockingCallFromMainThread([&]()
 		{
+			surface = new QOffscreenSurface();
+			surface->setFormat(m_format);
 			surface->create();
 		});