diff --git a/libweston/renderer-gl/gl-renderer-internal.h b/libweston/renderer-gl/gl-renderer-internal.h
index 8cdfb7a99..344dca361 100644
--- a/libweston/renderer-gl/gl-renderer-internal.h
+++ b/libweston/renderer-gl/gl-renderer-internal.h
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ struct gl_renderer {
 	bool blend_state;
 	bool recovering;
 
+	struct wl_list dma_bufs;
 	struct wl_list shm_bufs;
 	struct wl_list dmabuf_images;
 	struct wl_list dmabuf_formats;
diff --git a/libweston/renderer-gl/gl-renderer.c b/libweston/renderer-gl/gl-renderer.c
index bbb683823..61c32a69d 100644
--- a/libweston/renderer-gl/gl-renderer.c
+++ b/libweston/renderer-gl/gl-renderer.c
@@ -4304,6 +4304,7 @@ gl_renderer_import_dmabuf(struct weston_compositor *ec,
 	if (!gb)
 		return false;
 
+	wl_list_insert(&gr->dma_bufs, &gb->link);
 	linux_dmabuf_buffer_set_user_data(dmabuf, gb,
 		gl_renderer_destroy_dmabuf);
 
@@ -5545,6 +5546,7 @@ gl_renderer_display_create(struct weston_compositor *ec,
 	ec->renderer = &gr->base;
 
 	wl_signal_init(&gr->destroy_signal);
+	wl_list_init(&gr->dma_bufs);
 	wl_list_init(&gr->shm_bufs);
 
 	if (gl_renderer_init_context(ec, options) < 0)