diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/va/surface.c b/src/gallium/frontends/va/surface.c
index c396b158cd7..7a4fe3a3495 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/va/surface.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/va/surface.c
@@ -601,6 +601,7 @@ surface_from_external_memory(VADriverContextP ctx, vlVaSurface *surface,
    memset(&whandle, 0, sizeof(struct winsys_handle));
    whandle.type = WINSYS_HANDLE_TYPE_FD;
    whandle.handle = memory_attribute->buffers[index];
+   whandle.modifier = DRM_FORMAT_MOD_INVALID;
 
    // Create a resource for each plane.
    memset(resources, 0, sizeof resources);