diff --git a/src/backends/sdl/input.c b/src/backends/sdl/input.c
index f526ac99..9bc77bd7 100644
--- a/src/backends/sdl/input.c
+++ b/src/backends/sdl/input.c
@@ -569,13 +569,13 @@ IN_KeyboardInit(Key_Event_fp_t fp)
 
 	/* SDL stuff. Moved here from IN_BackendInit because
 	   this must be done after video is initialized. */
-#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
-	SDL_SetRelativeMouseMode(SDL_TRUE);
 	have_grab = GLimp_InputIsGrabbed();
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	if (have_grab)
+		SDL_SetRelativeMouseMode(SDL_TRUE);
 #else
 	SDL_EnableUNICODE(0);
 	SDL_EnableKeyRepeat(SDL_DEFAULT_REPEAT_DELAY, SDL_DEFAULT_REPEAT_INTERVAL);
-	have_grab = (SDL_WM_GrabInput(SDL_GRAB_QUERY) == SDL_GRAB_ON);
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/src/backends/sdl/refresh.c b/src/backends/sdl/refresh.c
index b9908d64..6610466d 100644
--- a/src/backends/sdl/refresh.c
+++ b/src/backends/sdl/refresh.c
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ void GLimp_GrabInput(qboolean grab)
 {
 #if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
 	SDL_SetWindowGrab(window, grab ? SDL_TRUE : SDL_FALSE);
-	if(grab)
+	if (grab)
 		SDL_SetRelativeMouseMode(SDL_TRUE);
 
 #else
@@ -708,8 +708,7 @@ qboolean GLimp_InputIsGrabbed()
 #if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
 	return SDL_GetWindowGrab(window) ? true : false;
 #else
-	SDL_GrabMode m = SDL_WM_GrabInput(SDL_GRAB_QUERY);
-	return m == SDL_GRAB_ON;
+	return (SDL_WM_GrabInput(SDL_GRAB_QUERY) == SDL_GRAB_ON);
 #endif
 }