diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_resource.c b/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_resource.c
index ef81f213f40..6d4c9f5fd00 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_resource.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_resource.c
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ static struct pipe_resource *virgl_resource_from_handle(struct pipe_screen *scre
    res->u.b = *templ;
    res->u.b.screen = &vs->base;
    pipe_reference_init(&res->u.b.reference, 1);
+   virgl_resource_layout(&res->u.b, &res->metadata);
 
    res->hw_res = vs->vws->resource_create_from_handle(vs->vws, whandle);
    if (!res->hw_res) {