diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_screen.c b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_screen.c
index 24d9096c025..cb404872f3e 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_screen.c
@@ -618,7 +618,8 @@ dri_set_background_context(struct st_context *st,
 
 const __DRIconfig **
 dri_init_screen(struct dri_screen *screen,
-                struct pipe_screen *pscreen)
+                struct pipe_screen *pscreen,
+                bool has_multibuffer)
 {
    screen->base.screen = pscreen;
    screen->base.get_egl_image = dri_get_egl_image;
@@ -650,11 +651,13 @@ dri_init_screen(struct dri_screen *screen,
 
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBDRM
-   int dmabuf_caps = pscreen->get_param(pscreen, PIPE_CAP_DMABUF);
-   if (dmabuf_caps & DRM_PRIME_CAP_IMPORT)
-      screen->dmabuf_import = true;
-   if (screen->dmabuf_import && dmabuf_caps & DRM_PRIME_CAP_EXPORT)
-      screen->has_dmabuf = true;
+   if (has_multibuffer) {
+      int dmabuf_caps = pscreen->get_param(pscreen, PIPE_CAP_DMABUF);
+      if (dmabuf_caps & DRM_PRIME_CAP_IMPORT)
+         screen->dmabuf_import = true;
+      if (screen->dmabuf_import && dmabuf_caps & DRM_PRIME_CAP_EXPORT)
+         screen->has_dmabuf = true;
+   }
 #endif
 
    return dri_fill_in_modes(screen);
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_screen.h b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_screen.h
index 26ad0ca1baf..74a1c626322 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_screen.h
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_screen.h
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ dri_init_options(struct dri_screen *screen);
 
 const __DRIconfig **
 dri_init_screen(struct dri_screen *screen,
-                struct pipe_screen *pscreen);
+                struct pipe_screen *pscreen,
+                bool has_multibuffer);
 
 void
 dri_release_screen(struct dri_screen * screen);
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_util.c b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_util.c
index 9dbe6794068..28eeb8d5d73 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_util.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri_util.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ driCreateNewScreen3(int scrn, int fd,
       dri_destroy_screen(screen);
       return NULL;
    }
-   *driver_configs = dri_init_screen(screen, pscreen);
+   *driver_configs = dri_init_screen(screen, pscreen, has_multibuffer);
    if (*driver_configs == NULL) {
       dri_destroy_screen(screen);
       return NULL;