diff --git a/src/gui/rhi/qrhid3d11.cpp b/src/gui/rhi/qrhid3d11.cpp
index b79a1b9b8a9..912ebb06f04 100644
--- a/src/gui/rhi/qrhid3d11.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rhi/qrhid3d11.cpp
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ bool QRhiD3D11::create(QRhi::Flags flags)
     if (maxFrameLatency == 0)
         qCDebug(QRHI_LOG_INFO, "Disabling FRAME_LATENCY_WAITABLE_OBJECT usage");
 
+    activeAdapter = nullptr;
+
     if (!importedDeviceAndContext) {
         IDXGIAdapter1 *adapter;
         int requestedAdapterIndex = -1;
@@ -276,7 +278,6 @@ bool QRhiD3D11::create(QRhi::Flags flags)
             }
         }
 
-        activeAdapter = nullptr;
         for (int adapterIndex = 0; dxgiFactory->EnumAdapters1(UINT(adapterIndex), &adapter) != DXGI_ERROR_NOT_FOUND; ++adapterIndex) {
             DXGI_ADAPTER_DESC1 desc;
             adapter->GetDesc1(&desc);
@@ -394,6 +395,10 @@ bool QRhiD3D11::create(QRhi::Flags flags)
             }
             dxgiDev->Release();
         }
+        if (!activeAdapter) {
+            qWarning("Failed to query adapter from imported device");
+            return false;
+        }
         qCDebug(QRHI_LOG_INFO, "Using imported device %p", dev);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/rhi/qrhid3d12.cpp b/src/gui/rhi/qrhid3d12.cpp
index d605693bad8..3d9ec3d43ec 100644
--- a/src/gui/rhi/qrhid3d12.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rhi/qrhid3d12.cpp
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ bool QRhiD3D12::create(QRhi::Flags flags)
         }
     }
 
+    activeAdapter = nullptr;
+
     if (!importedDevice) {
         IDXGIAdapter1 *adapter;
         int requestedAdapterIndex = -1;
@@ -285,7 +287,6 @@ bool QRhiD3D12::create(QRhi::Flags flags)
             }
         }
 
-        activeAdapter = nullptr;
         for (int adapterIndex = 0; dxgiFactory->EnumAdapters1(UINT(adapterIndex), &adapter) != DXGI_ERROR_NOT_FOUND; ++adapterIndex) {
             DXGI_ADAPTER_DESC1 desc;
             adapter->GetDesc1(&desc);