diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/vc4/vc4_resource.c b/src/gallium/drivers/vc4/vc4_resource.c
index 351eb8cd767..2509456b957 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/vc4/vc4_resource.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/vc4/vc4_resource.c
@@ -572,7 +572,15 @@ vc4_resource_create_with_modifiers(struct pipe_screen *pscreen,
                         goto fail;
         }
 
-        if (screen->ro && tmpl->bind & PIPE_BIND_SCANOUT) {
+        /* Set up the "scanout resource" (the dmabuf export of our buffer to
+         * the KMS handle) if the buffer might ever have
+         * resource_get_handle(WINSYS_HANDLE_TYPE_KMS) called on it.
+         * create_with_modifiers() doesn't give us usage flags, so we have to
+         * assume that all calls with modifiers are scanout-possible.
+         */
+        if (screen->ro &&
+            ((tmpl->bind & PIPE_BIND_SCANOUT) ||
+             !(count == 1 && modifiers[0] == DRM_FORMAT_MOD_INVALID))) {
                 rsc->scanout =
                         renderonly_scanout_for_resource(prsc, screen->ro, NULL);
                 if (!rsc->scanout)