diff --git a/src/gfxstream/guest/GoldfishAddressSpace/VirtioGpuAddressSpaceStream.cpp b/src/gfxstream/guest/GoldfishAddressSpace/VirtioGpuAddressSpaceStream.cpp
index 4780faef3b2..a1ac3edd3f5 100644
--- a/src/gfxstream/guest/GoldfishAddressSpace/VirtioGpuAddressSpaceStream.cpp
+++ b/src/gfxstream/guest/GoldfishAddressSpace/VirtioGpuAddressSpaceStream.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ AddressSpaceStream* createVirtioGpuAddressSpaceStream(enum VirtGpuCapset capset)
     VirtGpuDevice* instance = VirtGpuDevice::getInstance();
     auto caps = instance->getCaps();
 
+    if (!caps.params[kParamResourceBlob]) {
+        mesa_loge("VirtGpuDevice does not support blob-resources!");
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    if (!caps.params[kParamHostVisible] && !caps.params[kParamCreateGuestHandle]) {
+        mesa_loge("VirtGpuDevice must support at least one of: 1) host-visible memory (kParamHostVisible) or 2) host handles created from guest memory (kParamCreateGuestHandle).");
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
     if (!GetRingParamsFromCapset(capset, caps, ringSize, bufferSize, blobAlignment)) {
         mesa_loge("Failed to get ring parameters");
         return nullptr;
diff --git a/src/gfxstream/guest/platform/drm/DrmVirtGpuDevice.cpp b/src/gfxstream/guest/platform/drm/DrmVirtGpuDevice.cpp
index 8ad29d30076..79a68d9331d 100644
--- a/src/gfxstream/guest/platform/drm/DrmVirtGpuDevice.cpp
+++ b/src/gfxstream/guest/platform/drm/DrmVirtGpuDevice.cpp
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ int32_t DrmVirtGpuDevice::init(int32_t descriptor) {
 
         ret = drmIoctl(mDeviceHandle, DRM_IOCTL_VIRTGPU_GETPARAM, &get_param);
         if (ret) {
-            mesa_logd("virtgpu backend not enabling %s", params[i].name);
+            mesa_logd("Could not query virtgpu param from device: %s", params[i].name);
             continue;
         }