diff --git a/crates/eframe/src/native/glow_integration.rs b/crates/eframe/src/native/glow_integration.rs
index 823e0b0201a..84b3fd94528 100644
--- a/crates/eframe/src/native/glow_integration.rs
+++ b/crates/eframe/src/native/glow_integration.rs
@@ -849,10 +849,17 @@ fn change_gl_context(
 ) {
     crate::profile_function!();
 
-    if let Some(current_gl_context) = current_gl_context {
-        crate::profile_scope!("is_current");
-        if gl_surface.is_current(current_gl_context) {
-            return; // Early-out to save a lot of time.
+    if !cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
+        // According to https://github.com/emilk/egui/issues/4289
+        // we cannot do this early-out on Windows.
+        // TODO(emilk): optimize context switching on Windows too.
+        // See https://github.com/emilk/egui/issues/4173
+
+        if let Some(current_gl_context) = current_gl_context {
+            crate::profile_scope!("is_current");
+            if gl_surface.is_current(current_gl_context) {
+                return; // Early-out to save a lot of time.
+            }
         }
     }