diff --git a/flixel/FlxG.hx b/flixel/FlxG.hx
index fd66a2bd41..d067ae377a 100644
--- a/flixel/FlxG.hx
+++ b/flixel/FlxG.hx
@@ -539,6 +539,10 @@ class FlxG
 		FlxG.height = height;
 
 		initRenderMethod();
+		#if FLX_OPENGL_AVAILABLE
+		// Query once when window is created and cache for later
+		bitmap.get_maxTextureSize();
+		#end
 
 		FlxG.initialWidth = width;
 		FlxG.initialHeight = height;
diff --git a/flixel/system/frontEnds/BitmapFrontEnd.hx b/flixel/system/frontEnds/BitmapFrontEnd.hx
index 1fba107cc2..7a741254f2 100644
--- a/flixel/system/frontEnds/BitmapFrontEnd.hx
+++ b/flixel/system/frontEnds/BitmapFrontEnd.hx
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ class BitmapFrontEnd
 
 	#if FLX_OPENGL_AVAILABLE
 	static var _maxTextureSize = -1;
+
+	@:allow(flixel.FlxG)
 	function get_maxTextureSize():Int
 	{
 		if (_maxTextureSize < 0 && FlxG.stage.window.context.attributes.hardware)