diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.cpp
index b178157a89..8f3378dca8 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ GLintptr ProgramShaderCache::s_vs_data_offset;
 LinearDiskCache<ProgramShaderCache::ShaderUID, u8> g_program_disk_cache;
 GLenum ProgramFormat;
 
-GLuint ProgramShaderCache::PCacheEntry::prog_format = ProgramShaderCache::PCacheEntry::SetProgramFormat();
+GLuint ProgramShaderCache::PCacheEntry::prog_format = 0;
 
 std::pair<u32, u32> ProgramShaderCache::CurrentShaderProgram;
 const char *UniformNames[NUM_UNIFORMS] =
@@ -215,9 +215,12 @@ void ProgramShaderCache::Init(void)
 	// Read our shader cache, only if supported
 	if (g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLCache)
 	{
+		PCacheEntry::prog_format = PCacheEntry::SetProgramFormat();
+
 		char cache_filename[MAX_PATH];
 		sprintf(cache_filename, "%sogl-%s-shaders.cache", File::GetUserPath(D_SHADERCACHE_IDX).c_str(),
 			SConfig::GetInstance().m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.m_strUniqueID.c_str());
+
 		ProgramShaderCacheInserter inserter;
 		g_program_disk_cache.OpenAndRead(cache_filename, inserter);
 	}
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.h b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.h
index d4a12aac43..07e77e3eae 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.h
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.h
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ public:
 		// No idea how necessary this is
 		static GLenum SetProgramFormat()
 		{
-			if(!g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLCache)
-				return 0;
 			GLint Supported;
 			glGetIntegerv(GL_NUM_PROGRAM_BINARY_FORMATS, &Supported);