diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_bufmgr.c b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_bufmgr.c
index 99dd2e79135..1c731a44989 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_bufmgr.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_bufmgr.c
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ iris_bo_export_dmabuf(struct iris_bo *bo, int *prime_fd)
    iris_bo_make_external(bo);
 
    if (drmPrimeHandleToFD(bufmgr->fd, bo->gem_handle,
-                          DRM_CLOEXEC, prime_fd) != 0)
+                          DRM_CLOEXEC | DRM_RDWR, prime_fd) != 0)
       return -errno;
 
    return 0;