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..56d6e821bf 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;
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ struct VhostUserGPU {
     VhostUserBackend *vhost;
     int vhost_gpu_fd; /* closed by the chardev */
     CharBackend vhost_chr;
-    QemuDmaBuf dmabuf[VIRTIO_GPU_MAX_SCANOUTS];
+    QemuDmaBuf *dmabuf[VIRTIO_GPU_MAX_SCANOUTS];
     bool backend_blocked;
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/display/vhost-user-gpu.c b/hw/display/vhost-user-gpu.c
index ea9a6c5d10..7f8cf38647 100644
--- a/hw/display/vhost-user-gpu.c
+++ b/hw/display/vhost-user-gpu.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ vhost_user_gpu_handle_display(VhostUserGPU *g, VhostUserGpuMsg *msg)
         VhostUserGpuDMABUFScanout *m = &msg->payload.dmabuf_scanout;
         int fd = qemu_chr_fe_get_msgfd(&g->vhost_chr);
         int old_fd;
+        uint64_t modifier = 0;
         QemuDmaBuf *dmabuf;
 
         if (m->scanout_id >= g->parent_obj.conf.max_outputs) {
@@ -262,31 +263,34 @@ vhost_user_gpu_handle_display(VhostUserGPU *g, VhostUserGpuMsg *msg)
 
         g->parent_obj.enable = 1;
         con = g->parent_obj.scanout[m->scanout_id].con;
-        dmabuf = &g->dmabuf[m->scanout_id];
-        old_fd = qemu_dmabuf_get_fd(dmabuf);
-        if (old_fd >= 0) {
-            close(old_fd);
-            dmabuf->fd = -1;
+        dmabuf = g->dmabuf[m->scanout_id];
+        if (dmabuf) {
+            old_fd = qemu_dmabuf_get_fd(dmabuf);
+            if (old_fd >= 0) {
+                close(old_fd);
+                qemu_dmabuf_set_fd(dmabuf, -1);
+            }
         }
         dpy_gl_release_dmabuf(con, dmabuf);
+        g_clear_pointer(&dmabuf, qemu_dmabuf_free);
         if (fd == -1) {
             dpy_gl_scanout_disable(con);
             break;
         }
-        *dmabuf = (QemuDmaBuf) {
-            .fd = fd,
-            .width = m->fd_width,
-            .height = m->fd_height,
-            .stride = m->fd_stride,
-            .fourcc = m->fd_drm_fourcc,
-            .y0_top = m->fd_flags & VIRTIO_GPU_RESOURCE_FLAG_Y_0_TOP,
-        };
+
         if (msg->request == VHOST_USER_GPU_DMABUF_SCANOUT2) {
             VhostUserGpuDMABUFScanout2 *m2 = &msg->payload.dmabuf_scanout2;
-            dmabuf->modifier = m2->modifier;
+            modifier = m2->modifier;
         }
 
+        dmabuf = qemu_dmabuf_new(m->fd_width, m->fd_height,
+                                        m->fd_stride, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                        m->fd_drm_fourcc, modifier,
+                                        fd, false, m->fd_flags &
+                                        VIRTIO_GPU_RESOURCE_FLAG_Y_0_TOP);
+
         dpy_gl_scanout_dmabuf(con, dmabuf);
+        g->dmabuf[m->scanout_id] = dmabuf;
         break;
     }
     case VHOST_USER_GPU_DMABUF_UPDATE: {
diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-udmabuf.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-udmabuf.c
index c90eba281e..edd7886cf2 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-udmabuf.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-udmabuf.c
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ 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);
+    g_clear_pointer(&dmabuf->buf, qemu_dmabuf_free);
     QTAILQ_REMOVE(&g->dmabuf.bufs, dmabuf, next);
     g_free(dmabuf);
 }
@@ -181,17 +182,10 @@ 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 = qemu_dmabuf_new(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, 0);
     dmabuf->scanout_id = scanout_id;
     QTAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&g->dmabuf.bufs, dmabuf, next);
 
@@ -217,11 +211,11 @@ int virtio_gpu_update_dmabuf(VirtIOGPU *g,
         old_primary = g->dmabuf.primary[scanout_id];
     }
 
-    width = qemu_dmabuf_get_width(&new_primary->buf);
-    height = qemu_dmabuf_get_height(&new_primary->buf);
+    width = qemu_dmabuf_get_width(new_primary->buf);
+    height = qemu_dmabuf_get_height(new_primary->buf);
     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 4861c8161d..ad15b383f5 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/display.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/display.c
@@ -241,14 +241,11 @@ 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 = qemu_dmabuf_new(plane.width, plane.height,
+                                         plane.stride, 0, 0, plane.width,
+                                         plane.height, plane.drm_format,
+                                         plane.drm_format_mod, fd, false, 0);
+
     if (plane_type == DRM_PLANE_TYPE_CURSOR) {
         vfio_display_update_cursor(dmabuf, &plane);
     }
@@ -263,8 +260,9 @@ static void vfio_display_free_one_dmabuf(VFIODisplay *dpy, VFIODMABuf *dmabuf)
 
     QTAILQ_REMOVE(&dpy->dmabuf.bufs, dmabuf, next);
 
-    fd = qemu_dmabuf_get_fd(&dmabuf->buf);
-    dpy_gl_release_dmabuf(dpy->con, &dmabuf->buf);
+    fd = qemu_dmabuf_get_fd(dmabuf->buf);
+    dpy_gl_release_dmabuf(dpy->con, dmabuf->buf);
+    g_clear_pointer(&dmabuf->buf, qemu_dmabuf_free);
     close(fd);
     g_free(dmabuf);
 }
@@ -301,13 +299,13 @@ static void vfio_display_dmabuf_update(void *opaque)
         return;
     }
 
-    width = qemu_dmabuf_get_width(&primary->buf);
-    height = qemu_dmabuf_get_height(&primary->buf);
+    width = qemu_dmabuf_get_width(primary->buf);
+    height = qemu_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;
     }
 
@@ -321,7 +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/dbus-listener.c b/ui/dbus-listener.c
index 62d1e2d3f9..f1775a0a39 100644
--- a/ui/dbus-listener.c
+++ b/ui/dbus-listener.c
@@ -442,28 +442,24 @@ static void dbus_scanout_texture(DisplayChangeListener *dcl,
     trace_dbus_scanout_texture(tex_id, backing_y_0_top,
                                backing_width, backing_height, x, y, w, h);
 #ifdef CONFIG_GBM
-    QemuDmaBuf dmabuf = {
-        .width = w,
-        .height = h,
-        .y0_top = backing_y_0_top,
-        .x = x,
-        .y = y,
-        .backing_width = backing_width,
-        .backing_height = backing_height,
-    };
+    int32_t fd;
+    uint32_t stride, fourcc;
+    uint64_t modifier;
+    QemuDmaBuf *dmabuf;
 
     assert(tex_id);
-    dmabuf.fd = egl_get_fd_for_texture(
-        tex_id, (EGLint *)&dmabuf.stride,
-        (EGLint *)&dmabuf.fourcc,
-        &dmabuf.modifier);
-    if (dmabuf.fd < 0) {
+    fd = egl_get_fd_for_texture(tex_id, (EGLint *)&stride, (EGLint *)&fourcc,
+                                &modifier);
+    if (fd < 0) {
         error_report("%s: failed to get fd for texture", __func__);
         return;
     }
+    dmabuf = qemu_dmabuf_new(w, h, stride, x, y, backing_width,
+                                    backing_height, fourcc, modifier, fd,
+                                    false, backing_y_0_top);
 
-    dbus_scanout_dmabuf(dcl, &dmabuf);
-    close(dmabuf.fd);
+    dbus_scanout_dmabuf(dcl, dmabuf);
+    close(fd);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef WIN32
