diff --git a/backends/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp b/backends/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp
index efcfb8217..b47ac9ab1 100644
--- a/backends/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp
+++ b/backends/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp
@@ -297,15 +297,13 @@ bool    ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_Init(const char* glsl_version)
     io.BackendRendererName = "imgui_impl_opengl3";
 
     // Query for GL version (e.g. 320 for GL 3.2)
+    const char* gl_version_str = (const char*)glGetString(GL_VERSION);
 #if defined(IMGUI_IMPL_OPENGL_ES2)
     // GLES 2
-    const char* gl_version_str = "";
-    IM_UNUSED(gl_version_str); // For IMGUI_IMPL_OPENGL_DEBUG block below.
     bd->GlVersion = 200;
     bd->GlProfileIsES2 = true;
 #else
     // Desktop or GLES 3
-    const char* gl_version_str = (const char*)glGetString(GL_VERSION);
     GLint major = 0;
     GLint minor = 0;
     glGetIntegerv(GL_MAJOR_VERSION, &major);