diff --git a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
index b9da6c08ef..d66e27db02 100644
--- a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
+++ b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ typedef struct VFIOGroup {
 } VFIOGroup;
 
 typedef struct VFIODMABuf {
-    QemuDmaBuf buf;
+    QemuDmaBuf *buf;
     uint32_t pos_x, pos_y, pos_updates;
     uint32_t hot_x, hot_y, hot_updates;
     int dmabuf_id;
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
index ed44cdad6b..010083e8e3 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ struct VirtIOGPUBaseClass {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("yres", _state, _conf.yres, 800)
 
 typedef struct VGPUDMABuf {
-    QemuDmaBuf buf;
+    QemuDmaBuf *buf;
     uint32_t scanout_id;
     QTAILQ_ENTRY(VGPUDMABuf) next;
 } VGPUDMABuf;
diff --git a/include/ui/console.h b/include/ui/console.h
index 1f3d025548..0b823efb2e 100644
--- a/include/ui/console.h
+++ b/include/ui/console.h
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ typedef struct DisplayChangeListenerOps {
     /* optional */
     void (*dpy_gl_cursor_position)(DisplayChangeListener *dcl,
                                    uint32_t pos_x, uint32_t pos_y);
+
     /* optional */
     void (*dpy_gl_release_dmabuf)(DisplayChangeListener *dcl,
                                   QemuDmaBuf *dmabuf);
@@ -358,6 +359,12 @@ void dpy_gl_cursor_dmabuf(QemuConsole *con, QemuDmaBuf *dmabuf,
                           bool have_hot, uint32_t hot_x, uint32_t hot_y);
 void dpy_gl_cursor_position(QemuConsole *con,
                             uint32_t pos_x, uint32_t pos_y);
+QemuDmaBuf *dpy_gl_create_dmabuf(uint32_t width, uint32_t height,
+                                 uint32_t stride, uint32_t x,
+                                 uint32_t y, uint32_t backing_width,
+                                 uint32_t backing_height, uint32_t fourcc,
+                                 uint32_t modifier, uint32_t dmabuf_fd,
+                                 bool allow_fences);
 uint32_t dpy_gl_dmabuf_get_width(QemuDmaBuf *dmabuf);
 uint32_t dpy_gl_dmabuf_get_height(QemuDmaBuf *dmabuf);
 int32_t dpy_gl_dmabuf_get_fd(QemuDmaBuf *dmabuf);
diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-udmabuf.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-udmabuf.c
index d680e871c1..dde6c8e9d9 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-udmabuf.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-udmabuf.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static void virtio_gpu_free_dmabuf(VirtIOGPU *g, VGPUDMABuf *dmabuf)
     struct virtio_gpu_scanout *scanout;
 
     scanout = &g->parent_obj.scanout[dmabuf->scanout_id];
-    dpy_gl_release_dmabuf(scanout->con, &dmabuf->buf);
+    dpy_gl_release_dmabuf(scanout->con, dmabuf->buf);
     QTAILQ_REMOVE(&g->dmabuf.bufs, dmabuf, next);
     g_free(dmabuf);
 }
@@ -181,17 +181,10 @@ static VGPUDMABuf
     }
 
     dmabuf = g_new0(VGPUDMABuf, 1);
-    dmabuf->buf.width = r->width;
-    dmabuf->buf.height = r->height;
-    dmabuf->buf.stride = fb->stride;
-    dmabuf->buf.x = r->x;
-    dmabuf->buf.y = r->y;
-    dmabuf->buf.backing_width = fb->width;
-    dmabuf->buf.backing_height = fb->height;
-    dmabuf->buf.fourcc = qemu_pixman_to_drm_format(fb->format);
-    dmabuf->buf.fd = res->dmabuf_fd;
-    dmabuf->buf.allow_fences = true;
-    dmabuf->buf.draw_submitted = false;
+    dmabuf->buf = dpy_gl_create_dmabuf(r->width, r->height, fb->stride,
+                                       r->x, r->y, fb->width, fb->height,
+                                       qemu_pixman_to_drm_format(fb->format),
+                                       0, res->dmabuf_fd, false);
     dmabuf->scanout_id = scanout_id;
     QTAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&g->dmabuf.bufs, dmabuf, next);
 
@@ -213,8 +206,8 @@ int virtio_gpu_update_dmabuf(VirtIOGPU *g,
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
-    width = dpy_gl_dmabuf_get_width(&new_primary->buf);
-    height = dpy_gl_dmabuf_get_height(&new_primary->buf);
+    width = dpy_gl_dmabuf_get_width(new_primary->buf);
+    height = dpy_gl_dmabuf_get_height(new_primary->buf);
 
     if (g->dmabuf.primary[scanout_id]) {
         old_primary = g->dmabuf.primary[scanout_id];
@@ -222,7 +215,7 @@ int virtio_gpu_update_dmabuf(VirtIOGPU *g,
 
     g->dmabuf.primary[scanout_id] = new_primary;
     qemu_console_resize(scanout->con, width, height);
-    dpy_gl_scanout_dmabuf(scanout->con, &new_primary->buf);
+    dpy_gl_scanout_dmabuf(scanout->con, new_primary->buf);
 
     if (old_primary) {
         virtio_gpu_free_dmabuf(g, old_primary);
diff --git a/hw/vfio/display.c b/hw/vfio/display.c
index 676b2fc5f3..a3bdb01789 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/display.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/display.c
@@ -241,14 +241,10 @@ static VFIODMABuf *vfio_display_get_dmabuf(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev,
 
     dmabuf = g_new0(VFIODMABuf, 1);
     dmabuf->dmabuf_id  = plane.dmabuf_id;
-    dmabuf->buf.width  = plane.width;
-    dmabuf->buf.height = plane.height;
-    dmabuf->buf.backing_width = plane.width;
-    dmabuf->buf.backing_height = plane.height;
-    dmabuf->buf.stride = plane.stride;
-    dmabuf->buf.fourcc = plane.drm_format;
-    dmabuf->buf.modifier = plane.drm_format_mod;
-    dmabuf->buf.fd     = fd;
+    dmabuf->buf = dpy_gl_create_dmabuf(plane.width, plane.height, plane.stride,
+                                       0, 0, plane.width, plane.height,
+                                       plane.drm_format, plane.drm_format_mod,
+                                       fd, false);
     if (plane_type == DRM_PLANE_TYPE_CURSOR) {
         vfio_display_update_cursor(dmabuf, &plane);
     }
@@ -262,12 +258,12 @@ static void vfio_display_free_one_dmabuf(VFIODisplay *dpy, VFIODMABuf *dmabuf)
     int fd;
 
     QTAILQ_REMOVE(&dpy->dmabuf.bufs, dmabuf, next);
-    fd = dpy_gl_dmabuf_get_fd(&dmabuf->buf);
+    fd = dpy_gl_dmabuf_get_fd(dmabuf->buf);
     if (fd > -1) {
         close(fd);
     }
 
-    dpy_gl_release_dmabuf(dpy->con, &dmabuf->buf);
+    dpy_gl_release_dmabuf(dpy->con, dmabuf->buf);
     g_free(dmabuf);
 }
 
@@ -303,13 +299,13 @@ static void vfio_display_dmabuf_update(void *opaque)
         return;
     }
 
-    width = dpy_gl_dmabuf_get_width(&primary->buf);
-    height = dpy_gl_dmabuf_get_height(&primary->buf);
+    width = dpy_gl_dmabuf_get_width(primary->buf);
+    height = dpy_gl_dmabuf_get_height(primary->buf);
 
     if (dpy->dmabuf.primary != primary) {
         dpy->dmabuf.primary = primary;
         qemu_console_resize(dpy->con, width, height);
-        dpy_gl_scanout_dmabuf(dpy->con, &primary->buf);
+        dpy_gl_scanout_dmabuf(dpy->con, primary->buf);
         free_bufs = true;
     }
 
@@ -323,7 +319,7 @@ static void vfio_display_dmabuf_update(void *opaque)
     if (cursor && (new_cursor || cursor->hot_updates)) {
         bool have_hot = (cursor->hot_x != 0xffffffff &&
                          cursor->hot_y != 0xffffffff);
-        dpy_gl_cursor_dmabuf(dpy->con, &cursor->buf, have_hot,
+        dpy_gl_cursor_dmabuf(dpy->con, cursor->buf, have_hot,
                              cursor->hot_x, cursor->hot_y);
         cursor->hot_updates = 0;
     } else if (!cursor && new_cursor) {
diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
index 10abeb9780..616d636912 100644
--- a/ui/console.c
+++ b/ui/console.c
@@ -1190,6 +1190,33 @@ void dpy_gl_cursor_position(QemuConsole *con,
     }
 }
 
+QemuDmaBuf *dpy_gl_create_dmabuf(uint32_t width, uint32_t height,
+                                 uint32_t stride, uint32_t x,
+                                 uint32_t y, uint32_t backing_width,
+                                 uint32_t backing_height, uint32_t fourcc,
+                                 uint32_t modifier, uint32_t dmabuf_fd,
+                                 bool allow_fences)
+{
+    QemuDmaBuf *dmabuf;
+
+    dmabuf = g_new0(QemuDmaBuf, 1);
+
+    dmabuf->width = width;
+    dmabuf->height = height;
+    dmabuf->stride = stride;
+    dmabuf->x = x;
+    dmabuf->y = y;
+    dmabuf->backing_width = backing_width;
+    dmabuf->backing_height = backing_height;
+    dmabuf->fourcc = fourcc;
+    dmabuf->modifier = modifier;
+    dmabuf->fd = dmabuf_fd;
+    dmabuf->allow_fences = allow_fences;
+    dmabuf->fence_fd = -1;
+
+    return dmabuf;
+}
+
 uint32_t dpy_gl_dmabuf_get_width(QemuDmaBuf *dmabuf)
 {
     if (dmabuf) {
@@ -1230,6 +1257,7 @@ void dpy_gl_release_dmabuf(QemuConsole *con,
         if (dcl->ops->dpy_gl_release_dmabuf) {
             dcl->ops->dpy_gl_release_dmabuf(dcl, dmabuf);
         }
+        g_free(dmabuf);
     }
 }
 
