diff --git a/rts/Rml/Backends/RmlUi_Backend.cpp b/rts/Rml/Backends/RmlUi_Backend.cpp
index 4ac9511a5d..12fbdd2eaf 100644
--- a/rts/Rml/Backends/RmlUi_Backend.cpp
+++ b/rts/Rml/Backends/RmlUi_Backend.cpp
@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@ void RmlGui::RenderFrame()
 	}
 
 #ifndef HEADLESS
+	if (state->contexts.empty())
+		return;
+
 	RmlGui::BeginFrame();
 	// render back-to-front so that index 0 is atop index 1 and so on
 	for (auto& context: std::ranges::reverse_view(state->contexts)) {