diff --git a/src/Mesh.cpp b/src/Mesh.cpp
index 169a78ffd..d94e4d1a2 100644
--- a/src/Mesh.cpp
+++ b/src/Mesh.cpp
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ void Mesh::destroyImplementationDefault() {}
 void Mesh::destroyImplementationVAO() {
     /** @todo Get some extension wrangler instead to avoid linker errors to glDeleteVertexArrays() on ES2 */
     #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2
-    glDeleteVertexArrays(1, &vao);
+    if(vao) glDeleteVertexArrays(1, &vao);
     #endif
 }