diff --git a/libopenage/renderer/opengl/renderer.cpp b/libopenage/renderer/opengl/renderer.cpp
index ff3e611096..6d8d909a5b 100644
--- a/libopenage/renderer/opengl/renderer.cpp
+++ b/libopenage/renderer/opengl/renderer.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ GlRenderer::GlRenderer(const std::shared_ptr<GlContext> &ctx,
 	display{std::make_shared<GlRenderTarget>(ctx,
                                              viewport_size[0],
                                              viewport_size[1])},
-	shared_quad_vao{std::make_unique<GlVertexArray>(ctx)} {
+	shared_quad_vao{std::make_shared<GlVertexArray>(ctx)} {
 	// color used to clear the color buffers
 	glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
 
diff --git a/libopenage/renderer/opengl/renderer.h b/libopenage/renderer/opengl/renderer.h
index b696196dcb..751af7cacc 100644
--- a/libopenage/renderer/opengl/renderer.h
+++ b/libopenage/renderer/opengl/renderer.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class GlRenderer final : public Renderer {
 	/// that bufferless quad geometry can be drawn without errors. Drawing a
 	/// bufferless quad requires any VAO to be bound
 	/// see https://www.khronos.org/opengl/wiki/Vertex_Rendering#Causes_of_rendering_failure
-	std::unique_ptr<GlVertexArray> shared_quad_vao;
+	std::shared_ptr<GlVertexArray> shared_quad_vao;
 };
 
 } // namespace opengl