diff --git a/src/egl/main/eglapi.c b/src/egl/main/eglapi.c
index 88aa6c2ceba..d37d61d6246 100644
--- a/src/egl/main/eglapi.c
+++ b/src/egl/main/eglapi.c
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ eglInitialize(EGLDisplay dpy, EGLint *major, EGLint *minor)
          if (disp->Options.ForceSoftware)
             RETURN_EGL_ERROR(disp, EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED, EGL_FALSE);
          else {
-            bool success = disp->Options.Zink;
+            bool success = false;
             if (!disp->Options.Zink && !getenv("GALLIUM_DRIVER")) {
                disp->Options.Zink = EGL_TRUE;
                success = _eglDriver.Initialize(disp);