diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/gl/cgl_hooks.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/gl/cgl_hooks.cpp
index 1d971043b..235f0872b 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/gl/cgl_hooks.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/gl/cgl_hooks.cpp
@@ -118,12 +118,13 @@ CGLError GL_EXPORT_NAME(CGLSetCurrentContext)(CGLContextObj ctx)
     {
       cglhook.contexts.insert(ctx);
 
-      FetchEnabledExtensions();
-
-      // see gl_emulated.cpp
-      GL.EmulateUnsupportedFunctions();
-      GL.EmulateRequiredExtensions();
-      GL.DriverForEmulation(&cglhook.driver);
+      if(FetchEnabledExtensions())
+      {
+        // see gl_emulated.cpp
+        GL.EmulateUnsupportedFunctions();
+        GL.EmulateRequiredExtensions();
+        GL.DriverForEmulation(&cglhook.driver);
+      }
     }
 
     CGRect rect = {};
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/gl/egl_hooks.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/gl/egl_hooks.cpp
index 7479f4707..d6de6e0ee 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/gl/egl_hooks.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/gl/egl_hooks.cpp
@@ -458,12 +458,13 @@ HOOK_EXPORT EGLBoolean EGLAPIENTRY eglMakeCurrent_renderdoc_hooked(EGLDisplay di
     {
       eglhook.contexts.insert(ctx);
 
-      FetchEnabledExtensions();
-
-      // see gl_emulated.cpp
-      GL.EmulateUnsupportedFunctions();
-      GL.EmulateRequiredExtensions();
-      GL.DriverForEmulation(&eglhook.driver);
+      if(FetchEnabledExtensions())
+      {
+        // see gl_emulated.cpp
+        GL.EmulateUnsupportedFunctions();
+        GL.EmulateRequiredExtensions();
+        GL.DriverForEmulation(&eglhook.driver);
+      }
     }
 
     SurfaceConfig cfg = eglhook.windows[draw];
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_common.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_common.cpp
index fd6bed465..6aa16ac64 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_common.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_common.cpp
@@ -406,19 +406,26 @@ void GetContextVersion(bool &ctxGLES, int &ctxVersion)
   }
 }
 
-void FetchEnabledExtensions()
+bool FetchEnabledExtensions()
 {
-  RDCEraseEl(HasExt);
-
   int ctxVersion = 0;
   bool ctxGLES = false;
   GetContextVersion(ctxGLES, ctxVersion);
 
+  if((ctxGLES && ctxVersion < 20) || (!ctxGLES && ctxVersion < 30))
+  {
+    RDCLOG("Not acting on unsupported GL context %s %d.%d", IsGLES ? "OpenGL ES" : "OpenGL",
+           (ctxVersion / 10), (ctxVersion % 10));
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  RDCLOG("Refreshing extension status based on %s %d.%d", IsGLES ? "OpenGL ES" : "OpenGL",
+         (ctxVersion / 10), (ctxVersion % 10));
+
   GLCoreVersion = RDCMAX(GLCoreVersion, ctxVersion);
   IsGLES = ctxGLES;
 
-  RDCLOG("Checking enabled extensions, running as %s %d.%d", IsGLES ? "OpenGL ES" : "OpenGL",
-         (ctxVersion / 10), (ctxVersion % 10));
+  RDCEraseEl(HasExt);
 
   // only use glGetStringi on 3.0 contexts and above (ES and GL), even if we have the function
   // pointer
@@ -461,6 +468,8 @@ void FetchEnabledExtensions()
     RDCERR("GL implementation has ARB_compute_shader but is not at least 4.2. Disabling compute.");
     HasExt[ARB_compute_shader] = false;
   }
+
+  return true;
 }
 
 void DoVendorChecks(GLPlatform &platform, GLWindowingData context)
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_common.h b/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_common.h
index fe6fe432b..80da34eca 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_common.h
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_common.h
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ enum class ShaderType;
 // fills out the extension supported array and the version-specific checks above
 void DoVendorChecks(GLPlatform &platform, GLWindowingData context);
 void GetContextVersion(bool &ctxGLES, int &ctxVersion);
-void FetchEnabledExtensions();
+bool FetchEnabledExtensions();
 void GetGLSLVersions(ShaderType &shaderType, int &glslVersion, int &glslBaseVer, int &glslCSVer);
 
 GLuint CreateShader(GLenum shaderType, const rdcstr &src);
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/gl/glx_hooks.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/gl/glx_hooks.cpp
index 409244266..5030fe8df 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/gl/glx_hooks.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/gl/glx_hooks.cpp
@@ -374,12 +374,13 @@ HOOK_EXPORT Bool glXMakeCurrent_renderdoc_hooked(Display *dpy, GLXDrawable drawa
     {
       glxhook.contexts.insert(ctx);
 
-      FetchEnabledExtensions();
-
-      // see gl_emulated.cpp
-      GL.EmulateUnsupportedFunctions();
-      GL.EmulateRequiredExtensions();
-      GL.DriverForEmulation(&glxhook.driver);
+      if(FetchEnabledExtensions())
+      {
+        // see gl_emulated.cpp
+        GL.EmulateUnsupportedFunctions();
+        GL.EmulateRequiredExtensions();
+        GL.DriverForEmulation(&glxhook.driver);
+      }
     }
 
     GLWindowingData data;
@@ -445,12 +446,13 @@ HOOK_EXPORT Bool glXMakeContextCurrent_renderdoc_hooked(Display *dpy, GLXDrawabl
     {
       glxhook.contexts.insert(ctx);
 
-      FetchEnabledExtensions();
-
-      // see gl_emulated.cpp
-      GL.EmulateUnsupportedFunctions();
-      GL.EmulateRequiredExtensions();
-      GL.DriverForEmulation(&glxhook.driver);
+      if(FetchEnabledExtensions())
+      {
+        // see gl_emulated.cpp
+        GL.EmulateUnsupportedFunctions();
+        GL.EmulateRequiredExtensions();
+        GL.DriverForEmulation(&glxhook.driver);
+      }
     }
 
     GLWindowingData data;
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/gl/wgl_hooks.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/gl/wgl_hooks.cpp
index 9a312be68..ba0037db1 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/gl/wgl_hooks.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/gl/wgl_hooks.cpp
@@ -213,12 +213,13 @@ void WGLHook::ProcessContextActivate(HGLRC rc, HDC dc)
   {
     contexts.insert(rc);
 
-    FetchEnabledExtensions();
-
-    // see gl_emulated.cpp
-    GL.EmulateUnsupportedFunctions();
-    GL.EmulateRequiredExtensions();
-    GL.DriverForEmulation(&driver);
+    if(FetchEnabledExtensions())
+    {
+      // see gl_emulated.cpp
+      GL.EmulateUnsupportedFunctions();
+      GL.EmulateRequiredExtensions();
+      GL.DriverForEmulation(&driver);
+    }
   }
 
   GLWindowingData data;