setting material shininess causes glerror

when i set the shininess of an object, loaded by the obj file loader, a glerror is caused. My opengl version is 4.5 compatibility profile.

steps to reproduce: load some obj that sets shininess

the glerror is caused by GLState.cc line 760:

void GLState::set_shininess(float _shininess)
{
  shininess_ = _shininess;

  if (updateGL_ && compatibilityProfile_)
  {
    makeCurrent();
    glMaterialf(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL_SHININESS, _shininess);
  }
}