diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 13109f5fe..0b83173ea 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Emulation fixes:
 Other fixes:
  - GB Video: Fix memory leak when reseting SGB games
  - GBA: Fix out of bounds ROM accesses on patched ROMs smaller than 32 MiB
+ - Libretro: Fix crash when using Game Boy codes (fixes mgba.io/i/2281)
  - Qt: Remove potentially deadlocking optimization
 
 0.9.2: (2021-07-10)
diff --git a/src/platform/libretro/libretro.c b/src/platform/libretro/libretro.c
index aad9fba7e..25c465dbc 100644
--- a/src/platform/libretro/libretro.c
+++ b/src/platform/libretro/libretro.c
@@ -871,7 +871,9 @@ void retro_cheat_set(unsigned index, bool enabled, const char* code) {
 		}
 	}
 #endif
-	cheatSet->refresh(cheatSet, device);
+	if (cheatSet->refresh) {
+		cheatSet->refresh(cheatSet, device);
+	}
 }
 
 unsigned retro_get_region(void) {