diff --git a/driver-contexts/menu_driver.c b/driver-contexts/menu_driver.c
index 6f4bbd572a..3c622999ae 100644
--- a/driver-contexts/menu_driver.c
+++ b/driver-contexts/menu_driver.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ void find_next_menu_driver(void)
       RARCH_WARN("Couldn't find any next menu driver (current one: \"%s\").\n", g_settings.menu.driver);
 }
 
-static void find_menu_driver(void)
+void find_menu_driver(void)
 {
    int i = find_menu_driver_index(g_settings.menu.driver);
    if (i >= 0)
diff --git a/frontend/frontend.c b/frontend/frontend.c
index b9126b1920..6862a151ea 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend.c
+++ b/frontend/frontend.c
@@ -373,8 +373,20 @@ returntype main_entry(signature())
 
    if (!driver.menu)
    {
-      RARCH_ERR("Couldn't initialize menu, exiting...\n");
-      returnfunc();
+      RARCH_ERR("Couldn't initialize menu.\n");
+
+      if (!driver.menu_ctx)
+      {
+         RARCH_WARN("Trying to bring up menu context interface.\n");
+         find_menu_driver();
+      }
+
+      if (!(driver.menu = (rgui_handle_t*)menu_init()))
+      {
+         RARCH_ERR("Couldn't initialize menu (2nd attempt).\n");
+         rarch_fail(1, "main_entry()");
+         returnfunc();
+      }
    }
 
    if (driver.frontend_ctx && driver.frontend_ctx->process_args)
diff --git a/frontend/menu/menu_common.c b/frontend/menu/menu_common.c
index a036934260..2667b2f4bb 100644
--- a/frontend/menu/menu_common.c
+++ b/frontend/menu/menu_common.c
@@ -316,16 +316,19 @@ void *menu_init(void)
 {
    rgui_handle_t *rgui;
 
-   if (!driver.menu_ctx)
-      return NULL;
+   rgui = NULL;
 
-   rgui = (rgui_handle_t*)driver.menu_ctx->init();
+   if (!driver.menu_ctx)
+   {
+      RARCH_ERR("menu_init() - menu context interface not initialized.\n");
+      return NULL;
+   }
+
+   if (driver.menu_ctx->init)
+      rgui = (rgui_handle_t*)driver.menu_ctx->init();
 
    if (!rgui)
-   {
-      RARCH_ERR("Could not initialize menu.\n");
-      rarch_fail(1, "menu_init()");
-   }
+      return NULL;
 
    strlcpy(g_settings.menu.driver, driver.menu_ctx->ident, sizeof(g_settings.menu.driver));