diff --git a/plugins/scenes/opengl/scene_opengl.cpp b/plugins/scenes/opengl/scene_opengl.cpp
--- a/plugins/scenes/opengl/scene_opengl.cpp
+++ b/plugins/scenes/opengl/scene_opengl.cpp
@@ -2074,8 +2074,9 @@
 
 SceneOpenGLShadow::~SceneOpenGLShadow()
 {
-    if (effects) {
-        effects->makeOpenGLContextCurrent();
+    Scene *scene = Compositor::self()->scene();
+    if (scene) {
+        scene->makeOpenGLContextCurrent();
         DecorationShadowTextureCache::instance().unregister(this);
         m_texture.reset();
     }
@@ -2334,7 +2335,8 @@
 {
     if (hasDecorationShadow()) {
         // simplifies a lot by going directly to
-        effects->makeOpenGLContextCurrent();
+        Scene *scene = Compositor::self()->scene();
+        scene->makeOpenGLContextCurrent();
         m_texture = DecorationShadowTextureCache::instance().getTexture(this);
 
         return true;
@@ -2403,7 +2405,8 @@
         }
     }
 
-    effects->makeOpenGLContextCurrent();
+    Scene *scene = Compositor::self()->scene();
+    scene->makeOpenGLContextCurrent();
     m_texture = QSharedPointer<GLTexture>::create(image);
 
     if (m_texture->internalFormat() == GL_R8) {