diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_wsi.c b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_wsi.c
index 9345560520a..c95c4571a64 100644
--- a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_wsi.c
+++ b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_wsi.c
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ vn_wsi_init(struct vn_physical_device *physical_dev)
    if (result != VK_SUCCESS)
       return result;
 
-   physical_dev->wsi_device.supports_modifiers = true;
+   physical_dev->wsi_device.supports_modifiers =
+      physical_dev->base.vk.supported_extensions.EXT_image_drm_format_modifier;
    physical_dev->base.vk.wsi_device = &physical_dev->wsi_device;
 
    return VK_SUCCESS;