diff --git a/src/platform/qt/DisplayGL.cpp b/src/platform/qt/DisplayGL.cpp
index ad4969943..e62e9685e 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/DisplayGL.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/DisplayGL.cpp
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ DisplayGL::DisplayGL(const QSurfaceFormat& format, QWidget* parent)
 	setAttribute(Qt::WA_NativeWindow);
 	window()->windowHandle()->setFormat(format);
 	windowHandle()->setSurfaceType(QSurface::OpenGLSurface);
+	windowHandle()->destroy();
 	windowHandle()->create();
 
 #ifdef USE_SHARE_WIDGET