diff --git a/src/gallium/winsys/virgl/drm/virgl_drm_winsys.c b/src/gallium/winsys/virgl/drm/virgl_drm_winsys.c
index 6d995f2a7b4..6bb14d7271d 100644
--- a/src/gallium/winsys/virgl/drm/virgl_drm_winsys.c
+++ b/src/gallium/winsys/virgl/drm/virgl_drm_winsys.c
@@ -1220,16 +1220,16 @@ virgl_drm_winsys_create(int drmFD)
    if (drm_version < 0)
       return NULL;
 
-   qdws = CALLOC_STRUCT(virgl_drm_winsys);
-   if (!qdws)
-      return NULL;
-
    if (params[param_context_init].value) {
       ret = virgl_init_context(drmFD);
       if (ret)
          return NULL;
    }
 
+   qdws = CALLOC_STRUCT(virgl_drm_winsys);
+   if (!qdws)
+      return NULL;
+
    qdws->fd = drmFD;
    virgl_resource_cache_init(&qdws->cache, CACHE_TIMEOUT_USEC,
                              virgl_drm_resource_cache_entry_is_busy,