diff --git a/backend/drm/backend.c b/backend/drm/backend.c
index 27e5585dc..848f1046e 100644
--- a/backend/drm/backend.c
+++ b/backend/drm/backend.c
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ static void backend_destroy(struct wlr_backend *backend) {
 	wl_list_remove(&drm->dev_change.link);
 	wl_list_remove(&drm->dev_remove.link);
 
-	if (drm->parent) {
-		finish_drm_renderer(&drm->mgpu_renderer);
-	}
+	finish_drm_renderer(&drm->mgpu_renderer);
 
 	finish_drm_resources(drm);
 
@@ -210,22 +208,20 @@ struct wlr_backend *wlr_drm_backend_create(struct wlr_session *session,
 		goto error_event;
 	}
 
-	if (drm->parent) {
-		if (!init_drm_renderer(drm, &drm->mgpu_renderer)) {
-			wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "Failed to initialize renderer");
-			goto error_resources;
-		}
-
-		// We'll perform a multi-GPU copy for all submitted buffers, we need
-		// to be able to texture from them
-		struct wlr_renderer *renderer = drm->mgpu_renderer.wlr_rend;
-		const struct wlr_drm_format_set *texture_formats =
-			wlr_renderer_get_dmabuf_texture_formats(renderer);
-		if (texture_formats == NULL) {
-			wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "Failed to query renderer texture formats");
-			goto error_mgpu_renderer;
-		}
+	if (!init_drm_renderer(drm, &drm->mgpu_renderer)) {
+		wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "Failed to initialize renderer");
+		goto error_resources;
+	}
 
+	// We'll perform a multi-GPU copy for all submitted buffers, we need
+	// to be able to texture from them
+	struct wlr_renderer *renderer = drm->mgpu_renderer.wlr_rend;
+	const struct wlr_drm_format_set *texture_formats =
+		wlr_renderer_get_dmabuf_texture_formats(renderer);
+	// Some configurations (alpine CI job) will have a renderer here that does not
+	// support dmabuf formats. We don't want to fail creation of the drm backend
+	// as a result of this, we simply don't populate the format set in that case.
+	if (texture_formats) {
 		// Forbid implicit modifiers, because their meaning changes from one
 		// GPU to another.
 		for (size_t i = 0; i < texture_formats->len; i++) {
@@ -245,8 +241,6 @@ struct wlr_backend *wlr_drm_backend_create(struct wlr_session *session,
 
 	return &drm->backend;
 
-error_mgpu_renderer:
-	finish_drm_renderer(&drm->mgpu_renderer);
 error_resources:
 	finish_drm_resources(drm);
 error_event: