diff --git a/src/amd/common/ac_gpu_info.c b/src/amd/common/ac_gpu_info.c
index 22eebe4370b..d5c7891de62 100644
--- a/src/amd/common/ac_gpu_info.c
+++ b/src/amd/common/ac_gpu_info.c
@@ -672,7 +672,8 @@ bool ac_query_gpu_info(int fd, void *dev_p, struct radeon_info *info,
    info->has_read_registers_query = true;
    info->has_scheduled_fence_dependency = info->drm_minor >= 28;
    info->mid_command_buffer_preemption_enabled = amdinfo->ids_flags & AMDGPU_IDS_FLAGS_PREEMPTION;
-	info->has_tmz_support = has_tmz_support(dev, info, amdinfo);
+   info->has_tmz_support = has_tmz_support(dev, info, amdinfo);
+   info->kernel_has_modifiers = info->chip_class >= GFX9 && info->drm_minor >= 40;
 
    info->pa_sc_tile_steering_override = device_info.pa_sc_tile_steering_override;
    info->max_render_backends = amdinfo->rb_pipes;
diff --git a/src/amd/common/ac_gpu_info.h b/src/amd/common/ac_gpu_info.h
index ed11d739058..873ce69e98a 100644
--- a/src/amd/common/ac_gpu_info.h
+++ b/src/amd/common/ac_gpu_info.h
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ struct radeon_info {
    /* Whether SR-IOV is enabled or amdgpu.mcbp=1 was set on the kernel command line. */
    bool mid_command_buffer_preemption_enabled;
    bool has_tmz_support;
+   bool kernel_has_modifiers;
 
    /* Shader cores. */
    uint32_t cu_mask[4][2];
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_texture.c b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_texture.c
index 05d93a21aee..1fa2e5234ef 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_texture.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_texture.c
@@ -2476,13 +2476,20 @@ void si_init_screen_texture_functions(struct si_screen *sscreen)
    sscreen->b.resource_get_param = si_resource_get_param;
    sscreen->b.resource_get_info = si_texture_get_info;
    sscreen->b.resource_from_memobj = si_resource_from_memobj;
-   sscreen->b.resource_create_with_modifiers = si_texture_create_with_modifiers;
    sscreen->b.memobj_create_from_handle = si_memobj_from_handle;
    sscreen->b.memobj_destroy = si_memobj_destroy;
    sscreen->b.check_resource_capability = si_check_resource_capability;
-   sscreen->b.query_dmabuf_modifiers = si_query_dmabuf_modifiers;
-   sscreen->b.is_dmabuf_modifier_supported = si_is_dmabuf_modifier_supported;
-   sscreen->b.get_dmabuf_modifier_planes = si_get_dmabuf_modifier_planes;
+
+   /* By not setting it the frontend will fall back to non-modifier create,
+    * which works around some applications using modifiers that are not
+    * allowed in combination with lack of error reporting in
+    * gbm_dri_surface_create */
+   if (sscreen->info.chip_class >= GFX9 && sscreen->info.kernel_has_modifiers) {
+      sscreen->b.resource_create_with_modifiers = si_texture_create_with_modifiers;
+      sscreen->b.query_dmabuf_modifiers = si_query_dmabuf_modifiers;
+      sscreen->b.is_dmabuf_modifier_supported = si_is_dmabuf_modifier_supported;
+      sscreen->b.get_dmabuf_modifier_planes = si_get_dmabuf_modifier_planes;
+   }
 }
 
 void si_init_context_texture_functions(struct si_context *sctx)