diff --git a/src/video/emscripten/SDL_emscriptenopengles.c b/src/video/emscripten/SDL_emscriptenopengles.c
index 227cdc5560..bb490bb016 100644
--- a/src/video/emscripten/SDL_emscriptenopengles.c
+++ b/src/video/emscripten/SDL_emscriptenopengles.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ SDL_GLContext Emscripten_GLES_CreateContext(SDL_VideoDevice *_this, SDL_Window *
 
     context = emscripten_webgl_create_context(window_data->canvas_id, &attribs);
 
-    if (context < 0) {
+    if (!context) {
         SDL_SetError("Could not create webgl context");
         return NULL;
     }