diff --git a/clients/window.c b/clients/window.c
index 24ec5b0e..2dd71358 100644
--- a/clients/window.c
+++ b/clients/window.c
@@ -275,9 +275,8 @@ display_create_drm_surface_from_file(struct display *display,
 	}
 
 	surface = display_create_drm_surface(display, rect);
-	glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA,
-		     rect->width, rect->height,
-		     0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, pixels);
+	glTexSubImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, 0, 0, rect->width, rect->height,
+			GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, pixels);
 
 	gdk_pixbuf_unref(pixbuf);
 
diff --git a/compositor/compositor.c b/compositor/compositor.c
index 7daacea9..94e70a56 100644
--- a/compositor/compositor.c
+++ b/compositor/compositor.c
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ texture_from_png(const char *filename, int width, int height)
 	else
 		format = GL_RGB;
 
-	glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA,
-		     width, height, 0, format, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, data);
+	glTexSubImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, 0, 0, width, height,
+			format, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, data);
 
 	gdk_pixbuf_unref(pixbuf);