diff --git a/libweston/gl-renderer.c b/libweston/gl-renderer.c
index 9747de5e..3e8e5ab6 100644
--- a/libweston/gl-renderer.c
+++ b/libweston/gl-renderer.c
@@ -2004,7 +2004,8 @@ gl_renderer_attach(struct weston_surface *es, struct weston_buffer *buffer)
 
 	if (shm_buffer)
 		gl_renderer_attach_shm(es, buffer, shm_buffer);
-	else if (gr->query_buffer(gr->egl_display, (void *) buffer->resource,
+	else if (gr->has_bind_display &&
+		 gr->query_buffer(gr->egl_display, (void *)buffer->resource,
 				  EGL_TEXTURE_FORMAT, &format))
 		gl_renderer_attach_egl(es, buffer, format);
 	else if ((dmabuf = linux_dmabuf_buffer_get(buffer->resource)))