diff --git a/src/osx/carbon/utilscocoa.mm b/src/osx/carbon/utilscocoa.mm
index 000f6710a4..3dec92f22d 100644
--- a/src/osx/carbon/utilscocoa.mm
+++ b/src/osx/carbon/utilscocoa.mm
@@ -461,13 +461,14 @@ CGContextRef WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxOSXCreateBitmapContextFromNSImage( WX_NSImage ns
         hbitmap = CGBitmapContextCreate(NULL, imageSize.width*scale, imageSize.height*scale, 8, 0, wxMacGetGenericRGBColorSpace(), kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedFirst);
         CGContextScaleCTM( hbitmap, scale, scale );
     
+        NSGraphicsContext *previousContext = [NSGraphicsContext currentContext];
         NSGraphicsContext *nsGraphicsContext = [NSGraphicsContext graphicsContextWithGraphicsPort:hbitmap flipped:NO];
         [NSGraphicsContext saveGraphicsState];
         [NSGraphicsContext setCurrentContext:nsGraphicsContext];
         [[NSColor whiteColor] setFill];
         NSRectFill(NSMakeRect(0.0, 0.0, imageSize.width, imageSize.height));
         [nsimage drawAtPoint:NSZeroPoint fromRect:NSZeroRect operation:NSCompositeCopy fraction:1.0];
-        [NSGraphicsContext setCurrentContext:nsGraphicsContext];
+        [NSGraphicsContext setCurrentContext:previousContext];
     }
     return hbitmap;
 }