diff --git a/src/experimental/filament/filament/gui_view.cc b/src/experimental/filament/filament/gui_view.cc
index 006fcc16..d1fa69fc 100644
--- a/src/experimental/filament/filament/gui_view.cc
+++ b/src/experimental/filament/filament/gui_view.cc
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ void GuiView::DestroyTexture(ImTextureData* data) {
 }
 
 void GuiView::UpdateRenderable() {
+  if (!ImGui::GetCurrentContext()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   // Prepare the imgui draw commands. We must call this function even if we do
   // not plan on rendering anything to ensure imgui state is updated.
   ImGui::Render();
diff --git a/src/experimental/platform/renderer.cc b/src/experimental/platform/renderer.cc
index d6f19ea5..9ba42230 100644
--- a/src/experimental/platform/renderer.cc
+++ b/src/experimental/platform/renderer.cc
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ Renderer::Renderer(void* native_window) : native_window_(native_window) {
   if (native_window == nullptr) {
     graphics_api_context_ = CreateEglContext();
   }
-  ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_Init();
+  if (ImGui::GetCurrentContext()) {
+    ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_Init();
+  }
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -117,9 +119,11 @@ void Renderer::Render(const mjModel* model, mjData* data,
   // The filament backend knows how to renders the ImGui draw data. For the
   // classic backend, we need to render the ImGui draw data ourselves.
   #ifdef MUJOCO_RENDERER_CLASSIC_OPENGL
-    ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_NewFrame();
-    ImGui::Render();
-    ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_RenderDrawData(ImGui::GetDrawData());
+    if (ImGui::GetCurrentContext()) {
+      ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_NewFrame();
+      ImGui::Render();
+      ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_RenderDrawData(ImGui::GetDrawData());
+    }
   #endif
 
   if (render_to_texture) {