diff --git a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c
index ef962ae2e..944901861 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c
@@ -475,8 +475,6 @@ _cogl_driver_update_features (CoglContext  *ctx,
     (void *) cogl_renderer_get_proc_address (ctx->display->renderer,
                                              "glGetIntegerv");
 
-  gl_extensions = _cogl_context_get_gl_extensions (ctx);
-
   if (!check_gl_version (ctx, error))
     return FALSE;
 
@@ -487,6 +485,8 @@ _cogl_driver_update_features (CoglContext  *ctx,
   if (!check_glsl_version (ctx, error))
     return FALSE;
 
+  gl_extensions = _cogl_context_get_gl_extensions (ctx);
+
   if (G_UNLIKELY (COGL_DEBUG_ENABLED (COGL_DEBUG_WINSYS)))
     {
       g_autofree char *all_extensions = g_strjoinv (" ", gl_extensions);
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-driver-gles.c b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-driver-gles.c
index f44531db6..86cbf7ecb 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-driver-gles.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-driver-gles.c
@@ -699,8 +699,6 @@ _cogl_driver_update_features (CoglContext  *context,
     (void *) cogl_renderer_get_proc_address (context->display->renderer,
                                              "glGetStringi");
 
-  gl_extensions = _cogl_context_get_gl_extensions (context);
-
   if (!check_gl_version (context, error))
     return FALSE;
 
@@ -711,6 +709,8 @@ _cogl_driver_update_features (CoglContext  *context,
   if (!check_glsl_version (context, error))
     return FALSE;
 
+  gl_extensions = _cogl_context_get_gl_extensions (context);
+
   if (G_UNLIKELY (COGL_DEBUG_ENABLED (COGL_DEBUG_WINSYS)))
     {
       g_autofree char *all_extensions = g_strjoinv (" ", gl_extensions);