diff --git a/render/wlr_texture.c b/render/wlr_texture.c
index 73c1d8f3..a54d6af1 100644
--- a/render/wlr_texture.c
+++ b/render/wlr_texture.c
@@ -55,10 +55,19 @@ struct wlr_texture *wlr_texture_from_wl_drm(struct wlr_renderer *renderer,
 
 struct wlr_texture *wlr_texture_from_dmabuf(struct wlr_renderer *renderer,
 		struct wlr_dmabuf_attributes *attribs) {
-	if (!renderer->impl->texture_from_dmabuf) {
+	struct wlr_dmabuf_buffer *buffer = dmabuf_buffer_create(attribs);
+	if (buffer == NULL) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	return renderer->impl->texture_from_dmabuf(renderer, attribs);
+
+	struct wlr_texture *texture =
+		wlr_texture_from_buffer(renderer, &buffer->base);
+
+	// By this point, the renderer should have locked the buffer if it still
+	// needs to access it in the future.
+	dmabuf_buffer_drop(buffer);
+
+	return texture;
 }
 
 struct wlr_texture *wlr_texture_from_buffer(struct wlr_renderer *renderer,