diff --git a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-glamor.c b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-glamor.c
index 72995de00..3792dfa8c 100644
--- a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-glamor.c
+++ b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-glamor.c
@@ -162,6 +162,23 @@ glamor_egl_fd_name_from_pixmap(ScreenPtr screen,
     return 0;
 }
 
+void
+xwl_glamor_init_backends(struct xwl_screen *xwl_screen, Bool use_eglstream)
+{
+#ifdef XWL_HAS_EGLSTREAM
+    if (use_eglstream) {
+        if (!xwl_glamor_init_eglstream(xwl_screen)) {
+            ErrorF("xwayland glamor: failed to setup EGLStream backend\n");
+            use_eglstream = FALSE;
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+    if (!use_eglstream && !xwl_glamor_init_gbm(xwl_screen)) {
+        ErrorF("xwayland glamor: failed to setup GBM backend, falling back to sw accel\n");
+        xwl_screen->glamor = 0;
+    }
+}
+
 Bool
 xwl_glamor_init(struct xwl_screen *xwl_screen)
 {
diff --git a/hw/xwayland/xwayland.c b/hw/xwayland/xwayland.c
index 806d45675..8c02c02f8 100644
--- a/hw/xwayland/xwayland.c
+++ b/hw/xwayland/xwayland.c
@@ -992,20 +992,8 @@ xwl_screen_init(ScreenPtr pScreen, int argc, char **argv)
     }
 
 #ifdef XWL_HAS_GLAMOR
-    if (xwl_screen->glamor) {
-#ifdef XWL_HAS_EGLSTREAM
-        if (use_eglstreams) {
-            if (!xwl_glamor_init_eglstream(xwl_screen)) {
-                ErrorF("xwayland glamor: failed to setup EGLStream backend\n");
-                use_eglstreams = FALSE;
-            }
-        }
-#endif
-        if (!use_eglstreams && !xwl_glamor_init_gbm(xwl_screen)) {
-            ErrorF("xwayland glamor: failed to setup GBM backend, falling back to sw accel\n");
-            xwl_screen->glamor = 0;
-        }
-    }
+    if (xwl_screen->glamor)
+        xwl_glamor_init_backends(xwl_screen, use_eglstreams);
 #endif
 
     /* In rootless mode, we don't have any screen storage, and the only
diff --git a/hw/xwayland/xwayland.h b/hw/xwayland/xwayland.h
index 191f1b297..304484ccc 100644
--- a/hw/xwayland/xwayland.h
+++ b/hw/xwayland/xwayland.h
@@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ Bool xwl_shm_destroy_pixmap(PixmapPtr pixmap);
 struct wl_buffer *xwl_shm_pixmap_get_wl_buffer(PixmapPtr pixmap);
 
 #ifdef XWL_HAS_GLAMOR
+void xwl_glamor_init_backends(struct xwl_screen *xwl_screen,
+                              Bool use_eglstream);
 Bool xwl_glamor_init(struct xwl_screen *xwl_screen);
 
 Bool xwl_screen_set_drm_interface(struct xwl_screen *xwl_screen,