diff --git a/libweston/compositor.c b/libweston/compositor.c
index 27d46c02..610f46c1 100644
--- a/libweston/compositor.c
+++ b/libweston/compositor.c
@@ -2388,6 +2388,8 @@ WL_EXPORT struct weston_buffer *
 weston_buffer_from_resource(struct wl_resource *resource)
 {
 	struct weston_buffer *buffer;
+	struct wl_shm_buffer *shm;
+	struct linux_dmabuf_buffer *dmabuf;
 	struct wl_listener *listener;
 
 	listener = wl_resource_get_destroy_listener(resource,
@@ -2404,9 +2406,20 @@ weston_buffer_from_resource(struct wl_resource *resource)
 	buffer->resource = resource;
 	wl_signal_init(&buffer->destroy_signal);
 	buffer->destroy_listener.notify = weston_buffer_destroy_handler;
-	buffer->y_inverted = 1;
 	wl_resource_add_destroy_listener(resource, &buffer->destroy_listener);
 
+	if ((shm = wl_shm_buffer_get(buffer->resource))) {
+		buffer->shm_buffer = shm;
+		buffer->width = wl_shm_buffer_get_width(shm);
+		buffer->height = wl_shm_buffer_get_height(shm);
+		buffer->y_inverted = true;
+	} else if ((dmabuf = linux_dmabuf_buffer_get(buffer->resource))) {
+		buffer->width = dmabuf->attributes.width;
+		buffer->height = dmabuf->attributes.height;
+		buffer->y_inverted =
+			!(dmabuf->attributes.flags & ZWP_LINUX_BUFFER_PARAMS_V1_FLAGS_Y_INVERT);
+	}
+
 	return buffer;
 }
 
diff --git a/libweston/pixman-renderer.c b/libweston/pixman-renderer.c
index 271bc198..90a1248f 100644
--- a/libweston/pixman-renderer.c
+++ b/libweston/pixman-renderer.c
@@ -666,10 +666,6 @@ pixman_renderer_attach(struct weston_surface *es, struct weston_buffer *buffer)
 
 	es->is_opaque = pixel_format_is_opaque(pixel_info);
 
-	buffer->shm_buffer = shm_buffer;
-	buffer->width = wl_shm_buffer_get_width(shm_buffer);
-	buffer->height = wl_shm_buffer_get_height(shm_buffer);
-
 	ps->image = pixman_image_create_bits(pixel_info->pixman_format,
 		buffer->width, buffer->height,
 		wl_shm_buffer_get_data(shm_buffer),
diff --git a/libweston/renderer-gl/gl-renderer.c b/libweston/renderer-gl/gl-renderer.c
index 4de92a37..d82df49d 100644
--- a/libweston/renderer-gl/gl-renderer.c
+++ b/libweston/renderer-gl/gl-renderer.c
@@ -1965,10 +1965,6 @@ gl_renderer_attach_shm(struct weston_surface *es, struct weston_buffer *buffer,
 	int num_planes;
 	bool using_glesv2 = gr->gl_version < gr_gl_version(3, 0);
 
-	buffer->shm_buffer = shm_buffer;
-	buffer->width = wl_shm_buffer_get_width(shm_buffer);
-	buffer->height = wl_shm_buffer_get_height(shm_buffer);
-
 	num_planes = 1;
 	gs->offset[0] = 0;
 	gs->hsub[0] = 1;
@@ -2820,17 +2816,6 @@ gl_renderer_attach_dmabuf(struct weston_surface *surface,
 	GLenum target;
 	int i;
 
-	buffer->width = dmabuf->attributes.width;
-	buffer->height = dmabuf->attributes.height;
-
-	/*
-	 * GL-renderer uses the OpenGL convention of texture coordinates, where
-	 * the origin is at bottom-left. Because dmabuf buffers have the origin
-	 * at top-left, we must invert the Y_INVERT flag to get the image right.
-	 */
-	buffer->y_inverted =
-		!(dmabuf->attributes.flags & ZWP_LINUX_BUFFER_PARAMS_V1_FLAGS_Y_INVERT);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < gs->num_images; i++)
 		egl_image_unref(gs->images[i]);
 	gs->num_images = 0;
diff --git a/libweston/screenshooter.c b/libweston/screenshooter.c
index fedc4805..4205412f 100644
--- a/libweston/screenshooter.c
+++ b/libweston/screenshooter.c
@@ -186,10 +186,6 @@ weston_screenshooter_shoot(struct weston_output *output,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	buffer->shm_buffer = wl_shm_buffer_get(buffer->resource);
-	buffer->width = wl_shm_buffer_get_width(buffer->shm_buffer);
-	buffer->height = wl_shm_buffer_get_height(buffer->shm_buffer);
-
 	if (buffer->width < output->current_mode->width ||
 	    buffer->height < output->current_mode->height) {
 		done(data, WESTON_SCREENSHOOTER_BAD_BUFFER);