diff --git a/src/common/appbase.cpp b/src/common/appbase.cpp
index 9fdb525f77..993d4a8d53 100644
--- a/src/common/appbase.cpp
+++ b/src/common/appbase.cpp
@@ -171,9 +171,6 @@ bool wxAppConsole::Initialize(int& argcOrig, wxChar **argvOrig)
     wxPendingEventsLocker = new wxCriticalSection;
 #endif
 
-    // create port-specific main loop
-    m_mainLoop = CreateMainLoop();
-
 #ifndef __WXPALMOS__
     if ( m_appName.empty() && argv )
     {
@@ -192,8 +189,11 @@ wxEventLoopBase *wxAppConsole::CreateMainLoop()
 
 void wxAppConsole::CleanUp()
 {
-    delete m_mainLoop;
-    m_mainLoop = NULL;
+    if ( m_mainLoop )
+    {
+        delete m_mainLoop;
+        m_mainLoop = NULL;
+    }
 
     delete wxPendingEvents;
     wxPendingEvents = NULL;