diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/etnaviv/etnaviv_resource.c b/src/gallium/drivers/etnaviv/etnaviv_resource.c
index 3d1552e4c23..aa47be8ed07 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/etnaviv/etnaviv_resource.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/etnaviv/etnaviv_resource.c
@@ -566,6 +566,16 @@ etna_resource_from_handle(struct pipe_screen *pscreen,
    if (!rsc->pending_ctx)
       goto fail;
 
+   if (screen->ro) {
+      struct pipe_resource *imp_prsc = prsc;
+      do {
+         etna_resource(imp_prsc)->scanout =
+               renderonly_create_gpu_import_for_resource(imp_prsc, screen->ro,
+                                                         NULL);
+         /* failure is expected for scanout incompatible buffers */
+      } while ((imp_prsc = imp_prsc->next));
+   }
+
    return prsc;
 
 fail: