diff --git a/app/src/scrcpy.c b/app/src/scrcpy.c
index f5041902..38ad1ceb 100644
--- a/app/src/scrcpy.c
+++ b/app/src/scrcpy.c
@@ -364,10 +364,12 @@ scrcpy(const struct scrcpy_options *options) {
             if (!controller_init(&controller, server.control_socket)) {
                 goto end;
             }
+            controller_initialized = true;
 
             if (!controller_start(&controller)) {
                 goto end;
             }
+            controller_started = true;
         }
 
         if (!screen_init_rendering(&screen, device_name, frame_size,