diff --git a/src/mesa/main/shared.c b/src/mesa/main/shared.c
index 546b0d629d0..66477183ca5 100644
--- a/src/mesa/main/shared.c
+++ b/src/mesa/main/shared.c
@@ -74,19 +74,17 @@ _mesa_alloc_shared_state(struct gl_context *ctx,
 
    simple_mtx_init(&shared->Mutex, mtx_plain);
 
-   const char *driver_name = ctx->screen->get_name(ctx->screen);
-   bool is_virgl_guest = !strcmp(driver_name, "virgl");
    const char *process_name = util_get_process_name();
    bool is_virgl_host = strstr(process_name, "qemu-system") == process_name ||
                         strstr(process_name, "crosvm") ||
                         strstr(process_name, "virgl_test_server");
 
-   /* Enable GL name reuse for all drivers by default except virgl, which
-    * is hopelessly broken.
+   /* Enable GL name reuse for all drivers by default except virglrenderer,
+    * which is hopelessly broken.
     *
     * To disable it, set reuse_gl_names=0 in the environment.
     */
-   if (!is_virgl_guest && !is_virgl_host)
+   if (!is_virgl_host)
       shared->ReuseGLNames = options->reuse_gl_names != 0;
 
    _mesa_InitHashTable(&shared->DisplayList, shared->ReuseGLNames);