diff --git a/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/AWTGLCanvas.java b/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/AWTGLCanvas.java
index fddf0ab3..b07a02d2 100644
--- a/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/AWTGLCanvas.java
+++ b/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/AWTGLCanvas.java
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ public class AWTGLCanvas extends Canvas {
 	 * Destroy the OpenGL context. This occurs when the component is no longer displayable.
 	 */
 	private synchronized void destroyContext() throws LWJGLException {
+		nDestroyContext();
 	}
 	private native void nDestroyContext() throws LWJGLException;