diff --git a/src/egl/drivers/dri2/egl_dri2.c b/src/egl/drivers/dri2/egl_dri2.c
index 299508b679c..ba0d78cf64d 100644
--- a/src/egl/drivers/dri2/egl_dri2.c
+++ b/src/egl/drivers/dri2/egl_dri2.c
@@ -1852,6 +1852,13 @@ dri2_make_current(_EGLDriver *drv, _EGLDisplay *disp, _EGLSurface *dsurf,
                 tmp_rsurf == old_rsurf);
 
          _eglLog(_EGL_WARNING, "DRI2: failed to rebind the previous context");
+      } else {
+         /* dri2_dpy->core->bindContext succeeded, so take a reference on the
+          * dri2_dpy. This prevents dri2_dpy from being reinitialized when a
+          * EGLDisplay is terminated and then initialized again while a
+          * context is still bound. See dri2_intitialize() for a more in depth
+          * explanation. */
+         dri2_dpy->ref_count++;
       }
    }
 
@@ -1866,8 +1873,6 @@ dri2_make_current(_EGLDriver *drv, _EGLDisplay *disp, _EGLSurface *dsurf,
    if (egl_error != EGL_SUCCESS)
       return _eglError(egl_error, "eglMakeCurrent");
 
-   dri2_dpy->ref_count++;
-
    if (dsurf && _eglSurfaceHasMutableRenderBuffer(dsurf) &&
        dri2_dpy->vtbl->set_shared_buffer_mode) {
       /* Always update the shared buffer mode. This is obviously needed when