diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_texture.c b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_texture.c
index 68d8e2c1f4e..93e52e75c8d 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_texture.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_texture.c
@@ -1152,10 +1152,12 @@ static struct si_texture *si_texture_create_object(struct pipe_screen *screen,
 
    /* Initialize displayable DCC that requires the retile blit. */
    if (tex->surface.display_dcc_offset) {
-      /* Uninitialized DCC can hang the display hw.
-       * Clear to white to indicate that. */
-      si_screen_clear_buffer(sscreen, &tex->buffer.b.b, tex->surface.display_dcc_offset,
-                             tex->surface.u.gfx9.display_dcc_size, DCC_CLEAR_COLOR_1111);
+      if (!(surface->flags & RADEON_SURF_IMPORTED)) {
+         /* Uninitialized DCC can hang the display hw.
+          * Clear to white to indicate that. */
+         si_screen_clear_buffer(sscreen, &tex->buffer.b.b, tex->surface.display_dcc_offset,
+                                tex->surface.u.gfx9.display_dcc_size, DCC_CLEAR_COLOR_1111);
+      }
 
       /* Upload the DCC retile map.
        * Use a staging buffer for the upload, because