diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowseglcontext.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowseglcontext.cpp
index 74efd4921772457c9ad9267bdac8c33637bd2343..7db6abd8efdd4b1018c23d3f0699e3f822839b43 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowseglcontext.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowseglcontext.cpp
@@ -416,12 +416,15 @@ QWindowsOpenGLContext *QWindowsEGLStaticContext::createContext(QOpenGLContext *c
     return new QWindowsEGLContext(this, context->format(), context->shareHandle());
 }
 
-void *QWindowsEGLStaticContext::createWindowSurface(void *nativeWindow, void *nativeConfig)
+void *QWindowsEGLStaticContext::createWindowSurface(void *nativeWindow, void *nativeConfig, int *err)
 {
+    *err = 0;
     EGLSurface surface = libEGL.eglCreateWindowSurface(m_display, (EGLConfig) nativeConfig,
                                                        (EGLNativeWindowType) nativeWindow, 0);
-    if (surface == EGL_NO_SURFACE)
-        qWarning("%s: Could not create the EGL window surface: 0x%x\n", Q_FUNC_INFO, libEGL.eglGetError());
+    if (surface == EGL_NO_SURFACE) {
+        *err = libEGL.eglGetError();
+        qWarning("%s: Could not create the EGL window surface: 0x%x\n", Q_FUNC_INFO, *err);
+    }
 
     return surface;
 }
@@ -578,8 +581,15 @@ bool QWindowsEGLContext::makeCurrent(QPlatformSurface *surface)
 
     QWindowsWindow *window = static_cast<QWindowsWindow *>(surface);
     window->aboutToMakeCurrent();
-    EGLSurface eglSurface = static_cast<EGLSurface>(window->surface(m_eglConfig));
-    Q_ASSERT(eglSurface);
+    int err = 0;
+    EGLSurface eglSurface = static_cast<EGLSurface>(window->surface(m_eglConfig, &err));
+    if (eglSurface == EGL_NO_SURFACE) {
+        if (err == EGL_CONTEXT_LOST) {
+            m_eglContext = EGL_NO_CONTEXT;
+            qCDebug(lcQpaGl) << "Got EGL context lost in createWindowSurface() for context" << this;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 
     // shortcut: on some GPUs, eglMakeCurrent is not a cheap operation
     if (QWindowsEGLStaticContext::libEGL.eglGetCurrentContext() == m_eglContext &&
@@ -597,7 +607,7 @@ bool QWindowsEGLContext::makeCurrent(QPlatformSurface *surface)
             QWindowsEGLStaticContext::libEGL.eglSwapInterval(m_staticContext->display(), m_swapInterval);
         }
     } else {
-        int err = QWindowsEGLStaticContext::libEGL.eglGetError();
+        err = QWindowsEGLStaticContext::libEGL.eglGetError();
         // EGL_CONTEXT_LOST (loss of the D3D device) is not necessarily fatal.
         // Qt Quick is able to recover for example.
         if (err == EGL_CONTEXT_LOST) {
@@ -625,8 +635,15 @@ void QWindowsEGLContext::swapBuffers(QPlatformSurface *surface)
 {
     QWindowsEGLStaticContext::libEGL.eglBindAPI(m_api);
     QWindowsWindow *window = static_cast<QWindowsWindow *>(surface);
-    EGLSurface eglSurface = static_cast<EGLSurface>(window->surface(m_eglConfig));
-    Q_ASSERT(eglSurface);
+    int err = 0;
+    EGLSurface eglSurface = static_cast<EGLSurface>(window->surface(m_eglConfig, &err));
+    if (eglSurface == EGL_NO_SURFACE) {
+        if (err == EGL_CONTEXT_LOST) {
+            m_eglContext = EGL_NO_CONTEXT;
+            qCDebug(lcQpaGl) << "Got EGL context lost in createWindowSurface() for context" << this;
+        }
+        return;
+    }
 
     bool ok = QWindowsEGLStaticContext::libEGL.eglSwapBuffers(m_eglDisplay, eglSurface);
     if (!ok)
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowseglcontext.h b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowseglcontext.h
index 55f58fac5f990c9b8e3775217649c1e51da913ac..2b249348c3ce4f5cda2c7a355b9ae40af769c30b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowseglcontext.h
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowseglcontext.h
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public:
     void *moduleHandle() const { return libGLESv2.moduleHandle(); }
     QOpenGLContext::OpenGLModuleType moduleType() const { return QOpenGLContext::LibGLES; }
 
-    void *createWindowSurface(void *nativeWindow, void *nativeConfig) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
+    void *createWindowSurface(void *nativeWindow, void *nativeConfig, int *err) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     void destroyWindowSurface(void *nativeSurface) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
 
     QSurfaceFormat formatFromConfig(EGLDisplay display, EGLConfig config, const QSurfaceFormat &referenceFormat);
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsopenglcontext.h b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsopenglcontext.h
index 8ebcb83a0893e87f99026ea6055ef0aa58f58dc5..2c52c58829bb660074e0d4e74d595df9e41a7cf2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsopenglcontext.h
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsopenglcontext.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public:
 
     // If the windowing system interface needs explicitly created window surfaces (like EGL),
     // reimplement these.
-    virtual void *createWindowSurface(void * /*nativeWindow*/, void * /*nativeConfig*/) { return 0; }
+    virtual void *createWindowSurface(void * /*nativeWindow*/, void * /*nativeConfig*/, int * /*err*/) { return 0; }
     virtual void destroyWindowSurface(void * /*nativeSurface*/) { }
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowswindow.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowswindow.cpp
index 6b490b9404b951b7a286e58ad650a1a704f3a28a..2fd0f12c268e29fbd45bcceafb7d46f48573426a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowswindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowswindow.cpp
@@ -2259,14 +2259,14 @@ void QWindowsWindow::setCustomMargins(const QMargins &newCustomMargins)
     }
 }
 
-void *QWindowsWindow::surface(void *nativeConfig)
+void *QWindowsWindow::surface(void *nativeConfig, int *err)
 {
 #ifdef QT_NO_OPENGL
     return 0;
 #else
     if (!m_surface) {
         if (QWindowsStaticOpenGLContext *staticOpenGLContext = QWindowsIntegration::staticOpenGLContext())
-            m_surface = staticOpenGLContext->createWindowSurface(m_data.hwnd, nativeConfig);
+            m_surface = staticOpenGLContext->createWindowSurface(m_data.hwnd, nativeConfig, err);
     }
 
     return m_surface;
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowswindow.h b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowswindow.h
index f0b04fbc4741561a56b37c1d999e1eeb53765212..0089ad07a0901c65296757b42135ad2fb30b5850 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowswindow.h
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowswindow.h
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ public:
     bool isEnabled() const;
     void setWindowIcon(const QIcon &icon);
 
-    void *surface(void *nativeConfig);
+    void *surface(void *nativeConfig, int *err);
     void invalidateSurface() Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     void aboutToMakeCurrent();