diff --git a/libweston/gl-renderer.c b/libweston/gl-renderer.c
index ff0a2bb98..c2767cfc7 100644
--- a/libweston/gl-renderer.c
+++ b/libweston/gl-renderer.c
@@ -3221,9 +3221,6 @@ gl_renderer_setup_egl_extensions(struct weston_compositor *ec)
 		gr->has_dmabuf_import_modifiers = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (weston_check_egl_extension(extensions, "GL_EXT_texture_rg"))
-		gr->has_gl_texture_rg = 1;
-
 	if (weston_check_egl_extension(extensions, "EGL_KHR_fence_sync") &&
 	    weston_check_egl_extension(extensions, "EGL_ANDROID_native_fence_sync")) {
 		gr->create_sync =
@@ -3691,6 +3688,9 @@ gl_renderer_setup(struct weston_compositor *ec, EGLSurface egl_surface)
 	if (weston_check_egl_extension(extensions, "GL_EXT_unpack_subimage"))
 		gr->has_unpack_subimage = 1;
 
+	if (weston_check_egl_extension(extensions, "GL_EXT_texture_rg"))
+		gr->has_gl_texture_rg = 1;
+
 	if (weston_check_egl_extension(extensions, "GL_OES_EGL_image_external"))
 		gr->has_egl_image_external = 1;