diff --git a/glamor/glamor.c b/glamor/glamor.c
index e85617927..e298b04cb 100644
--- a/glamor/glamor.c
+++ b/glamor/glamor.c
@@ -271,6 +271,29 @@ glamor_set_debug_level(int *debug_level)
 
 int glamor_debug_level;
 
+/**
+ * Creates any pixmaps used internally by glamor, since those can't be
+ * allocated at ScreenInit time.
+ */
+static Bool
+glamor_create_screen_resources(ScreenPtr screen)
+{
+    glamor_screen_private *glamor_priv = glamor_get_screen_private(screen);
+    Bool ret = TRUE;
+
+    screen->CreateScreenResources =
+        glamor_priv->saved_procs.create_screen_resources;
+    if (screen->CreateScreenResources)
+        ret = screen->CreateScreenResources(screen);
+    screen->CreateScreenResources = glamor_create_screen_resources;
+
+    if (!glamor_realize_glyph_caches(screen)) {
+        ErrorF("Failed to initialize glyph cache\n");
+        ret = FALSE;
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
 
 /** Set up glamor for an already-configured GL context. */
 Bool
@@ -374,6 +397,10 @@ glamor_init(ScreenPtr screen, unsigned int flags)
     glamor_priv->saved_procs.close_screen = screen->CloseScreen;
     screen->CloseScreen = glamor_close_screen;
 
+    glamor_priv->saved_procs.create_screen_resources =
+        screen->CreateScreenResources;
+    screen->CreateScreenResources = glamor_create_screen_resources;
+
     if (flags & GLAMOR_USE_SCREEN) {
         if (!RegisterBlockAndWakeupHandlers(_glamor_block_handler,
                                             _glamor_wakeup_handler,
@@ -457,6 +484,7 @@ glamor_init(ScreenPtr screen, unsigned int flags)
     glamor_init_xv_shader(screen);
 #endif
     glamor_pixmap_init(screen);
+    glamor_glyphs_init(screen);
 
     glamor_priv->flags = flags;
     glamor_priv->screen = screen;
@@ -535,6 +563,8 @@ glamor_close_screen(ScreenPtr screen)
     flags = glamor_priv->flags;
     glamor_glyphs_fini(screen);
     screen->CloseScreen = glamor_priv->saved_procs.close_screen;
+    screen->CreateScreenResources =
+        glamor_priv->saved_procs.create_screen_resources;
     if (flags & GLAMOR_USE_SCREEN) {
 
         screen->CreateGC = glamor_priv->saved_procs.create_gc;
diff --git a/glamor/glamor.h b/glamor/glamor.h
index e25dc735c..9cda46d2b 100644
--- a/glamor/glamor.h
+++ b/glamor/glamor.h
@@ -131,14 +131,6 @@ extern _X_EXPORT void glamor_set_screen_pixmap(PixmapPtr screen_pixmap,
 
 extern _X_EXPORT uint32_t glamor_get_pixmap_texture(PixmapPtr pixmap);
 
-/* @glamor_glyphs_init: Initialize glyphs internal data structures.
- *
- * @pScreen: Current screen pointer.
- *
- * This function must be called after the glamor_init and the texture
- * can be allocated. An example is to call it when create the screen
- * resources at DDX layer.
- */
 extern _X_EXPORT Bool glamor_glyphs_init(ScreenPtr pScreen);
 
 extern _X_EXPORT void glamor_set_pixmap_texture(PixmapPtr pixmap,
diff --git a/glamor/glamor_glyphs.c b/glamor/glamor_glyphs.c
index caafa4348..2b2c735d4 100644
--- a/glamor/glamor_glyphs.c
+++ b/glamor/glamor_glyphs.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ glamor_glyphs_fini(ScreenPtr pScreen)
  * rest of the allocated structures for all caches with the given format.
  */
 
-static Bool
+Bool
 glamor_realize_glyph_caches(ScreenPtr pScreen)
 {
     glamor_screen_private *glamor = glamor_get_screen_private(pScreen);
@@ -314,10 +314,6 @@ glamor_realize_glyph_caches(ScreenPtr pScreen)
     };
     int i;
 
-    if (glamor->glyph_cache_initialized)
-        return TRUE;
-
-    glamor->glyph_cache_initialized = TRUE;
     memset(glamor->glyphCaches, 0, sizeof(glamor->glyphCaches));
 
     for (i = 0; i < sizeof(formats) / sizeof(formats[0]); i++) {
@@ -370,16 +366,27 @@ glamor_realize_glyph_caches(ScreenPtr pScreen)
     return FALSE;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Called by glamor_create_screen_resources() to set up the glyph cache.
+ *
+ * This was previously required to be called by the drivers, but not
+ * as of the xserver 1.16 ABI.
+ */
 Bool
 glamor_glyphs_init(ScreenPtr pScreen)
 {
+    glamor_screen_private *glamor = glamor_get_screen_private(pScreen);
+
+    if (glamor->glyph_cache_initialized)
+        return TRUE;
+
     if (!dixRegisterPrivateKey(&glamor_glyph_key,
                                PRIVATE_GLYPH, sizeof(struct glamor_glyph)))
         return FALSE;
 
-    /* Skip pixmap creation if we don't intend to use it. */
+    glamor->glyph_cache_initialized = TRUE;
 
-    return glamor_realize_glyph_caches(pScreen);
+    return TRUE;
 }
 
 /* The most efficient thing to way to upload the glyph to the screen
diff --git a/glamor/glamor_priv.h b/glamor/glamor_priv.h
index 122f4fd6e..4dc2c7561 100644
--- a/glamor/glamor_priv.h
+++ b/glamor/glamor_priv.h
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 struct glamor_saved_procs {
     CloseScreenProcPtr close_screen;
+    CreateScreenResourcesProcPtr create_screen_resources;
     CreateGCProcPtr create_gc;
     CreatePixmapProcPtr create_pixmap;
     DestroyPixmapProcPtr destroy_pixmap;
@@ -634,6 +635,7 @@ void glamor_get_spans(DrawablePtr drawable,
                       int nspans, char *dst_start);
 
 /* glamor_glyphs.c */
+Bool glamor_realize_glyph_caches(ScreenPtr screen);
 void glamor_glyphs_fini(ScreenPtr screen);
 void glamor_glyphs(CARD8 op,
                    PicturePtr pSrc,
diff --git a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/hostx.c b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/hostx.c
index 0a9eb4696..3260d9527 100644
--- a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/hostx.c
+++ b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/hostx.c
@@ -1243,9 +1243,6 @@ ephyr_glamor_create_screen_resources(ScreenPtr pScreen)
     if (!ephyr_glamor)
         return TRUE;
 
-    if (!glamor_glyphs_init(pScreen))
-        return FALSE;
-
     /* kdrive's fbSetupScreen() told mi to have
      * miCreateScreenResources() (which is called before this) make a
      * scratch pixmap wrapping ephyr-glamor's NULL