diff --git a/src/gui/touchscreengui.cpp b/src/gui/touchscreengui.cpp
index debbaa4db..5eba88c13 100644
--- a/src/gui/touchscreengui.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/touchscreengui.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Copyright (C) 2014 sapier
 Copyright (C) 2018 srifqi, Muhammad Rifqi Priyo Susanto
 		<muhammadrifqipriyosusanto@gmail.com>
-Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Maksim Gamarnik [MoNTE48] MoNTE48@mail.ua
+Copyright (C) 2014-2022 Maksim Gamarnik [MoNTE48] Maksym48@pm.me
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
@@ -632,6 +632,8 @@ void TouchScreenGUI::init(ISimpleTextureSource *tsrc)
 					  m_screensize.X,
 					  button_size),
 			L"Chat", false);
+
+	m_buttons_initialized = true;
 }
 
 touch_gui_button_id TouchScreenGUI::getButtonID(s32 x, s32 y)
@@ -1146,6 +1148,9 @@ TouchScreenGUI::~TouchScreenGUI()
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (!m_buttons_initialized)
+		return;
+
 	if (m_joystick_btn_off->guibutton) {
 		m_joystick_btn_off->guibutton->drop();
 		m_joystick_btn_off->guibutton = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/gui/touchscreengui.h b/src/gui/touchscreengui.h
index d3ad7e365..e1eac7f5b 100644
--- a/src/gui/touchscreengui.h
+++ b/src/gui/touchscreengui.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 Copyright (C) 2014 sapier
-Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Maksim Gamarnik [MoNTE48] MoNTE48@mail.ua
+Copyright (C) 2014-2022 Maksim Gamarnik [MoNTE48] Maksym48@pm.me
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ private:
 	std::map<int, rect<s32>> m_hud_rects;
 	std::map<size_t, irr::EKEY_CODE> m_hud_ids;
 	bool m_visible; // is the gui visible
+	bool m_buttons_initialized = false;
 
 	// value in degree
 	double m_camera_yaw_change = 0.0;