diff --git a/es-core/src/renderers/ShaderOpenGL.cpp b/es-core/src/renderers/ShaderOpenGL.cpp
index e2f7df5d4..22e7584ed 100644
--- a/es-core/src/renderers/ShaderOpenGL.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/renderers/ShaderOpenGL.cpp
@@ -273,11 +273,11 @@ void ShaderOpenGL::printShaderInfoLog(GLuint shaderID, GLenum shaderType, bool e
         int maxLength;
 
         glGetShaderiv(shaderID, GL_INFO_LOG_LENGTH, &maxLength);
-        std::vector<char> infoLog(maxLength);
 
-        if (infoLog.size() == 0)
+        if (maxLength == 0)
             return;
 
+        std::vector<char> infoLog(maxLength);
         glGetShaderInfoLog(shaderID, maxLength, &logLength, &infoLog.front());
 
         if (logLength > 0) {