diff --git a/Quake/gl_vidsdl.c b/Quake/gl_vidsdl.c
index c3531f48..d74128b9 100644
--- a/Quake/gl_vidsdl.c
+++ b/Quake/gl_vidsdl.c
@@ -502,22 +502,23 @@ static int VID_SetMode (int width, int height, int bpp, qboolean fullscreen)
 	if (!draw_context)
 	{
 		flags = SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL | SDL_WINDOW_HIDDEN;
+
 		draw_context = SDL_CreateWindow (caption, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, width, height, flags);
+		if (!draw_context) { // scale back fsaa
+			SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_MULTISAMPLEBUFFERS, 0);
+			SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_MULTISAMPLESAMPLES, 0);
+			draw_context = SDL_CreateWindow (caption, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, width, height, flags);
+		}
+		if (!draw_context) { // scale back SDL_GL_DEPTH_SIZE
+			SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_DEPTH_SIZE, 16);
+			draw_context = SDL_CreateWindow (caption, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, width, height, flags);
+		}
 		if (!draw_context)
 			Sys_Error ("Couldn't create window");
 
 		gl_context = SDL_GL_CreateContext (draw_context);
-		if (!gl_context) { // scale back fsaa
-			SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_MULTISAMPLEBUFFERS, 0);
-			SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_MULTISAMPLESAMPLES, 0);
-			gl_context = SDL_GL_CreateContext (draw_context);
-		}
-		if (!gl_context) { // scale back SDL_GL_DEPTH_SIZE
-			SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_DEPTH_SIZE, 16);
-			gl_context = SDL_GL_CreateContext (draw_context);
-			if (!gl_context)
-				Sys_Error ("Couldn't craete GL context");
-		}
+		if (!gl_context)
+			Sys_Error ("Couldn't create GL context");
 	}
 
 	/* Ensure the window is not fullscreen */