diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index b44292475..b860db194 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Bugfixes:
  - Qt: Fix patch loading
  - Qt: Fix crash when saving an override if a game isn't loaded
  - GB: Properly unload save files when unloading a ROM
+ - Qt: Fix showing default display driver as OpenGL (force 1.x)
 Misc:
  - All: Only update version info if needed
  - FFmpeg: Encoding cleanup
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/SettingsView.cpp b/src/platform/qt/SettingsView.cpp
index ae5167512..53c1d912e 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/SettingsView.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/SettingsView.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ SettingsView::SettingsView(ConfigController* controller, InputController* inputC
 
 #ifdef BUILD_GL
 	m_ui.displayDriver->addItem(tr("OpenGL (force version 1.x)"), static_cast<int>(Display::Driver::OPENGL1));
-	if (displayDriver.isNull() || displayDriver.toInt() == static_cast<int>(Display::Driver::OPENGL1)) {
+	if (!displayDriver.isNull() && displayDriver.toInt() == static_cast<int>(Display::Driver::OPENGL1)) {
 		m_ui.displayDriver->setCurrentIndex(m_ui.displayDriver->count() - 1);
 	}
 #endif