diff --git a/examples/opengl/hellogles3/main.cpp b/examples/opengl/hellogles3/main.cpp
index a6c63986280..29b3b9617ab 100644
--- a/examples/opengl/hellogles3/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/opengl/hellogles3/main.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+    QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
+
     QSurfaceFormat fmt;
     fmt.setDepthBufferSize(24);
 
@@ -79,8 +81,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     QSurfaceFormat::setDefaultFormat(fmt);
 
-    QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
-
     GLWindow glWindow;
     glWindow.showMaximized();