diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_hooks_win32.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_hooks_win32.cpp
index b78eb1a96..d16ec98ab 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_hooks_win32.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_hooks_win32.cpp
@@ -512,6 +512,8 @@ class OpenGLHook : LibraryHook
 					core = (a[1] & WGL_CONTEXT_CORE_PROFILE_BIT_ARB);
 			}
 			
+			SetLastError(0);
+
 			HGLRC ret = glhooks.wglCreateContextAttribsARB_realfunc(dc, hShareContext, attribs);
 
 			DWORD err = GetLastError();