diff --git a/libsrc/tgi/tgi_init.s b/libsrc/tgi/tgi_init.s
index 136f94f7a..063b56ee1 100644
--- a/libsrc/tgi/tgi_init.s
+++ b/libsrc/tgi/tgi_init.s
@@ -26,12 +26,8 @@
         jsr     tgi_getdefpalette       ; Get the default palette into A/X
         sta     ptr1
         stx     ptr1+1                  ; Save it
-        jsr     tgi_geterror            ; Check for errors in getdefpalette
-        cmp     #TGI_ERR_OK
-        beq     @L1                     ; Jump if there is no default palette
-        jsr     tgi_setpalette          ; Set the default palette. Since we're
-                                        ; setting the default palette, we don't
-                                        ; expect errors here.
+        jsr     tgi_setpalette          ; Set the default palette.
+        jsr     tgi_geterror            ; Clear a possible error code
 
 ; Set the drawing color to the maximum color