diff --git a/src/lime/_internal/backend/native/NativeOpenGLRenderContext.hx b/src/lime/_internal/backend/native/NativeOpenGLRenderContext.hx
index c676a2bee..24280a018 100644
--- a/src/lime/_internal/backend/native/NativeOpenGLRenderContext.hx
+++ b/src/lime/_internal/backend/native/NativeOpenGLRenderContext.hx
@@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ class NativeOpenGLRenderContext
 		#if (lime_cffi && (lime_opengl || lime_opengles) && !macro)
 		var result = NativeCFFI.lime_gl_get_shader_info_log(__getObjectID(shader));
 		#if hl
-		var result = @:privateAccess String.fromUTF8(result);
+		var result = (result != null) ? @:privateAccess String.fromUTF8(result) : null;
 		#end
 		return result;
 		#else