diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLGSRender.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLGSRender.cpp
index 408ea9f784..4ad9619d7f 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLGSRender.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLGSRender.cpp
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ void GLGSRender::on_init_thread()
 	m_ui_renderer.create();
 	m_video_output_pass.create();
 
+	gl::init_global_texture_resources();
 	m_gl_texture_cache.initialize();
 
 	m_prog_buffer.initialize
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTexture.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTexture.cpp
index 40c3af180c..5dfc663c68 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTexture.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTexture.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ namespace gl
 	legacy_ring_buffer g_upload_transfer_buffer;
 	scratch_ring_buffer g_compute_decode_buffer;
 	scratch_ring_buffer g_deswizzle_scratch_buffer;
+	blitter g_blitter;
+
+	void init_global_texture_resources()
+	{
+		g_blitter.init();
+		g_hw_blitter = &g_blitter;
+	}
 
 	void destroy_global_texture_resources()
 	{
@@ -29,6 +36,8 @@ namespace gl
 		g_upload_transfer_buffer.remove();
 		g_compute_decode_buffer.remove();
 		g_deswizzle_scratch_buffer.remove();
+		g_blitter.destroy();
+		g_hw_blitter = nullptr;
 	}
 
 	template <typename WordType, bool SwapBytes>
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTexture.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTexture.h
index 10c26dc536..7b3ff73db4 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTexture.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTexture.h
@@ -86,5 +86,6 @@ namespace gl
 		extern std::unique_ptr<texture> g_vis_texture;
 	}
 
+	void init_global_texture_resources();
 	void destroy_global_texture_resources();
 }
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTextureCache.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTextureCache.h
index d4e50fd066..6d724c216f 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTextureCache.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTextureCache.h
@@ -431,9 +431,7 @@ namespace gl
 			using gl::viewable_image::viewable_image;
 		};
 
-		blitter m_hw_blitter;
 		std::vector<std::unique_ptr<temporary_image_t>> m_temporary_surfaces;
-
 		const u32 max_cached_image_pool_size = 256;
 
 	private:
@@ -815,16 +813,11 @@ namespace gl
 		using baseclass::texture_cache;
 
 		void initialize()
-		{
-			m_hw_blitter.init();
-			g_hw_blitter = &m_hw_blitter;
-		}
+		{}
 
 		void destroy() override
 		{
 			clear();
-			g_hw_blitter = nullptr;
-			m_hw_blitter.destroy();
 		}
 
 		bool is_depth_texture(u32 rsx_address, u32 rsx_size) override
@@ -870,7 +863,7 @@ namespace gl
 
 		bool blit(gl::command_context& cmd, const rsx::blit_src_info& src, const rsx::blit_dst_info& dst, bool linear_interpolate, gl_render_targets& m_rtts)
 		{
-			auto result = upload_scaled_image(src, dst, linear_interpolate, cmd, m_rtts, m_hw_blitter);
+			auto result = upload_scaled_image(src, dst, linear_interpolate, cmd, m_rtts, *g_hw_blitter);
 
 			if (result.succeeded)
 			{