diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/vl/vl_winsys_dri.c b/src/gallium/auxiliary/vl/vl_winsys_dri.c
index 7e61b88e6b5..1e6613c0ce7 100644
--- a/src/gallium/auxiliary/vl/vl_winsys_dri.c
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/vl/vl_winsys_dri.c
@@ -293,6 +293,16 @@ vl_screen_get_private(struct vl_screen *vscreen)
    return vscreen;
 }
 
+static xcb_screen_t *
+get_xcb_screen(xcb_screen_iterator_t iter, int screen)
+{
+    for (; iter.rem; --screen, xcb_screen_next(&iter))
+        if (screen == 0)
+            return iter.data;
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 struct vl_screen*
 vl_screen_create(Display *display, int screen)
 {
@@ -334,8 +344,7 @@ vl_screen_create(Display *display, int screen)
       goto free_query;
 
    s = xcb_setup_roots_iterator(xcb_get_setup(scrn->conn));
-   while (screen--)
-	xcb_screen_next(&s);
+
    driverType = XCB_DRI2_DRIVER_TYPE_DRI;
 #ifdef DRI2DriverPrimeShift
    {
@@ -351,7 +360,7 @@ vl_screen_create(Display *display, int screen)
    }
 #endif
 
-   connect_cookie = xcb_dri2_connect_unchecked(scrn->conn, s.data->root, driverType);
+   connect_cookie = xcb_dri2_connect_unchecked(scrn->conn, get_xcb_screen(s, screen)->root, driverType);
    connect = xcb_dri2_connect_reply(scrn->conn, connect_cookie, NULL);
    if (connect == NULL || connect->driver_name_length + connect->device_name_length == 0)
       goto free_connect;
@@ -370,7 +379,7 @@ vl_screen_create(Display *display, int screen)
    if (drmGetMagic(fd, &magic))
       goto free_connect;
 
-   authenticate_cookie = xcb_dri2_authenticate_unchecked(scrn->conn, s.data->root, magic);
+   authenticate_cookie = xcb_dri2_authenticate_unchecked(scrn->conn, get_xcb_screen(s, screen)->root, magic);
    authenticate = xcb_dri2_authenticate_reply(scrn->conn, authenticate_cookie, NULL);
 
    if (authenticate == NULL || !authenticate->authenticated)