diff --git a/gfx/drivers/gl.c b/gfx/drivers/gl.c
index 401305cd35..9188c3dd86 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers/gl.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers/gl.c
@@ -2565,8 +2565,7 @@ static void *gl_init(const video_info_t *video, const input_driver_t **input, vo
 
    if (gl->shader)
    {
-      RARCH_LOG("[GL]: Default shader backend found: %s.\n",
-            gl->shader->ident);
+      RARCH_LOG("[GL]: Default shader backend found: %s.\n", video_shader_driver_get_ident(gl->shader));
    }
 
    if (!gl_shader_init(gl))
diff --git a/gfx/video_shader_driver.c b/gfx/video_shader_driver.c
index 8c6307abb4..3814915e2c 100644
--- a/gfx/video_shader_driver.c
+++ b/gfx/video_shader_driver.c
@@ -113,3 +113,10 @@ void video_shader_driver_use(const shader_backend_t *shader, void *data, unsigne
       return;
    shader->use(data, index);
 }
+
+const char *video_shader_driver_get_ident(const shader_backend_t *shader)
+{
+   if (!shader)
+      return NULL;
+   return shader->ident;
+}
diff --git a/gfx/video_shader_driver.h b/gfx/video_shader_driver.h
index 155e6657f2..e3e90d9e3e 100644
--- a/gfx/video_shader_driver.h
+++ b/gfx/video_shader_driver.h
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ void video_shader_driver_deinit(const shader_backend_t *shader);
 
 void video_shader_driver_use(const shader_backend_t *shader, void *data, unsigned index);
 
+const char *video_shader_driver_get_ident(const shader_backend_t *shader);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif