diff --git a/src/virgl_egl_context.c b/src/virgl_egl_context.c
index a25bd1c..c50c9b6 100644
--- a/src/virgl_egl_context.c
+++ b/src/virgl_egl_context.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ int virgl_egl_get_fd_for_texture(struct virgl_egl *egl, uint32_t tex_id, int *fd
       if (!egl->gbm)
          goto out_destroy;
 
-      ret = drmPrimeHandleToFD(gbm_device_get_fd(egl->gbm->device), handle, DRM_CLOEXEC, fd);
+      ret = virgl_gbm_export_fd(egl->gbm->device, handle, fd);
       if (ret < 0)
          goto out_destroy;
    } else {
@@ -399,8 +399,7 @@ void *virgl_egl_image_from_dmabuf(struct virgl_egl *egl, struct gbm_bo *bo)
 
    for (int plane = 0; plane < num_planes; plane++) {
       uint32_t handle = gbm_bo_get_handle_for_plane(bo, plane).u32;
-      ret = drmPrimeHandleToFD(gbm_device_get_fd(egl->gbm->device), handle, DRM_CLOEXEC,
-                               &fds[plane]);
+      ret = virgl_gbm_export_fd(egl->gbm->device, handle, &fds[plane]);
       if (ret < 0) {
          vrend_printf( "failed to export plane handle\n");
          image = (void *)EGL_NO_IMAGE_KHR;
diff --git a/src/virgl_gbm.c b/src/virgl_gbm.c
index 765df27..033edd2 100644
--- a/src/virgl_gbm.c
+++ b/src/virgl_gbm.c
@@ -389,6 +389,18 @@ uint32_t virgl_gbm_convert_flags(uint32_t virgl_bind_flags)
    return flags;
 }
 
+int virgl_gbm_export_fd(struct gbm_device *gbm, uint32_t handle, int32_t *out_fd)
+{
+   int ret;
+   ret = drmPrimeHandleToFD(gbm_device_get_fd(gbm), handle, DRM_CLOEXEC | DRM_RDWR, out_fd);
+   // Kernels with older DRM core versions block DRM_RDWR but give a
+   // read/write mapping anyway.
+   if (ret)
+      ret = drmPrimeHandleToFD(gbm_device_get_fd(gbm), handle, DRM_CLOEXEC, out_fd);
+
+   return ret;
+}
+
 int virgl_gbm_export_query(struct gbm_bo *bo, struct virgl_renderer_export_query *query)
 {
    int ret = -1;
@@ -420,16 +432,9 @@ int virgl_gbm_export_query(struct gbm_bo *bo, struct virgl_renderer_export_query
 
       if (i == query->out_num_fds) {
          if (query->in_export_fds) {
-            ret = drmPrimeHandleToFD(gbm_device_get_fd(gbm), handle, DRM_CLOEXEC | DRM_RDWR,
-                                     &query->out_fds[query->out_num_fds]);
-            // Kernels with older DRM core versions block DRM_RDWR but give a
-            // read/write mapping anyway.
-            if (ret) {
-               ret = drmPrimeHandleToFD(gbm_device_get_fd(gbm), handle, DRM_CLOEXEC,
-                                        &query->out_fds[query->out_num_fds]);
-               if (ret)
-                 goto err_close;
-            }
+            ret = virgl_gbm_export_fd(gbm, handle, &query->out_fds[query->out_num_fds]);
+            if (ret)
+               goto err_close;
          }
          query->out_num_fds++;
       }
diff --git a/src/virgl_gbm.h b/src/virgl_gbm.h
index f2cc90f..ee53338 100644
--- a/src/virgl_gbm.h
+++ b/src/virgl_gbm.h
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ int virgl_gbm_transfer(struct gbm_bo *bo, uint32_t direction, struct iovec *iove
 
 uint32_t virgl_gbm_convert_flags(uint32_t virgl_bind_flags);
 
+int virgl_gbm_export_fd(struct gbm_device *gbm, uint32_t handle, int32_t *out_fd);
+
 int virgl_gbm_export_query(struct gbm_bo *bo, struct virgl_renderer_export_query *query);
 
 #endif