diff --git a/glamor/glamor_egl.c b/glamor/glamor_egl.c
index 5382eb2bc..dc8409dcc 100644
--- a/glamor/glamor_egl.c
+++ b/glamor/glamor_egl.c
@@ -927,7 +927,9 @@ glamor_egl_screen_init(ScreenPtr screen, struct glamor_context *glamor_ctx)
         /* To do DRI3 device FD generation, we need to open a new fd
          * to the same device we were handed in originally.
          */
-        glamor_egl->device_path = drmGetDeviceNameFromFd2(glamor_egl->fd);
+        glamor_egl->device_path = drmGetRenderDeviceNameFromFd(glamor_egl->fd);
+        if (!glamor_egl->device_path)
+            glamor_egl->device_path = drmGetDeviceNameFromFd2(glamor_egl->fd);
 
         if (!dri3_screen_init(screen, &glamor_dri3_info)) {
             xf86DrvMsg(scrn->scrnIndex, X_ERROR,