diff --git a/frontend/platform/platform_emscripten.c b/frontend/platform/platform_emscripten.c
index d14c841888..e7364a32b2 100644
--- a/frontend/platform/platform_emscripten.c
+++ b/frontend/platform/platform_emscripten.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 static void emscripten_mainloop(void)
 {
-   if (frontend_loop && frontend_loop(0, NULL, NULL))
+   if (frontend_loop || (frontend_loop && frontend_loop(0, NULL, NULL)))
    {
       main_exit(NULL);
       exit(0);