diff --git a/src/asahi/lib/agx_device.c b/src/asahi/lib/agx_device.c
index 8ce3490320c..66e99171792 100644
--- a/src/asahi/lib/agx_device.c
+++ b/src/asahi/lib/agx_device.c
@@ -402,26 +402,31 @@ agx_open_device(void *memctx, struct agx_device *dev)
    dev->ops = agx_device_drm_ops;
 
    ssize_t params_size = -1;
-   drmVersionPtr version;
 
-   version = drmGetVersion(dev->fd);
-   if (!version) {
-      fprintf(stderr, "cannot get version: %s", strerror(errno));
-      return NULL;
-   }
+   /* DRM version check */
+   {
+      drmVersionPtr version = drmGetVersion(dev->fd);
+      if (!version) {
+         fprintf(stderr, "cannot get version: %s", strerror(errno));
+         return NULL;
+      }
 
-   if (!strcmp(version->name, "asahi")) {
-      dev->is_virtio = false;
-      dev->ops = agx_device_drm_ops;
-   } else if (!strcmp(version->name, "virtio_gpu")) {
-      dev->is_virtio = true;
-      if (!agx_virtio_open_device(dev)) {
-         fprintf(stderr,
-                 "Error opening virtio-gpu device for Asahi native context\n");
+      if (!strcmp(version->name, "asahi")) {
+         dev->is_virtio = false;
+         dev->ops = agx_device_drm_ops;
+      } else if (!strcmp(version->name, "virtio_gpu")) {
+         dev->is_virtio = true;
+         if (!agx_virtio_open_device(dev)) {
+            fprintf(
+               stderr,
+               "Error opening virtio-gpu device for Asahi native context\n");
+            return false;
+         }
+      } else {
          return false;
       }
-   } else {
-      return false;
+
+      drmFreeVersion(version);
    }
 
    params_size = dev->ops.get_params(dev, &dev->params, sizeof(dev->params));