diff --git a/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_backend.cpp b/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_backend.cpp
index e83cbb19c1..18e5e1e7d9 100644
--- a/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_backend.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 #include <gbm.h>
 #include <linux/input.h>
 #include <ranges>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <xf86drm.h>
 
 namespace KWin
 {
@@ -166,10 +168,6 @@ X11WindowedBackend::~X11WindowedBackend()
     m_touchDevice.reset();
     m_eglDisplay.reset();
 
-    if (m_gbmDevice) {
-        gbm_device_destroy(m_gbmDevice);
-    }
-
     if (m_connection) {
         if (m_keySymbols) {
             xcb_key_symbols_free(m_keySymbols);
@@ -309,9 +307,8 @@ void X11WindowedBackend::initDri3()
         UniqueCPtr<xcb_dri3_open_reply_t> reply(xcb_dri3_open_reply(m_connection, cookie, nullptr));
         if (reply && reply->nfd == 1) {
             int fd = xcb_dri3_open_reply_fds(m_connection, reply.get())[0];
-            fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, fcntl(fd, F_GETFD) | FD_CLOEXEC);
-            m_drmFileDescriptor = FileDescriptor{fd};
-            m_gbmDevice = gbm_create_device(m_drmFileDescriptor.get());
+            m_drmDevice = DrmDevice::open(QByteArray(drmGetDeviceNameFromFd2(fd)));
+            ::close(fd);
         }
     }
 
@@ -687,9 +684,9 @@ xcb_window_t X11WindowedBackend::rootWindow() const
     return m_screen->root;
 }
 
-gbm_device *X11WindowedBackend::gbmDevice() const
+DrmDevice *X11WindowedBackend::drmDevice() const
 {
-    return m_gbmDevice;
+    return m_drmDevice.get();
 }
 
 X11WindowedInputDevice *X11WindowedBackend::pointerDevice() const
@@ -777,7 +774,7 @@ int X11WindowedBackend::driMinorVersion() const
 QList<CompositingType> X11WindowedBackend::supportedCompositors() const
 {
     QList<CompositingType> ret;
-    if (m_gbmDevice) {
+    if (m_drmDevice) {
         ret.append(OpenGLCompositing);
     }
     if (m_hasShm) {
diff --git a/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_backend.h b/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_backend.h
index 09e1b30cb5..bc18fbfe63 100644
--- a/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_backend.h
+++ b/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_backend.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 */
 #pragma once
 
+#include "core/drmdevice.h"
 #include "core/inputbackend.h"
 #include "core/inputdevice.h"
 #include "core/outputbackend.h"
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ public:
     xcb_screen_t *screen() const;
     int screenNumer() const;
     xcb_window_t rootWindow() const;
-    gbm_device *gbmDevice() const;
+    DrmDevice *drmDevice() const;
 
     bool hasXInput() const;
 
@@ -174,8 +175,7 @@ private:
     int m_driMinorVersion = 0;
     QHash<uint32_t, QList<uint64_t>> m_driFormats;
 
-    FileDescriptor m_drmFileDescriptor;
-    gbm_device *m_gbmDevice = nullptr;
+    std::unique_ptr<DrmDevice> m_drmDevice;
     std::unique_ptr<EglDisplay> m_eglDisplay;
 
     QList<X11WindowedOutput *> m_outputs;
diff --git a/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_egl_backend.cpp b/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_egl_backend.cpp
index 37112d97cd..9f38861be7 100644
--- a/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_egl_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_egl_backend.cpp
@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@ std::chrono::nanoseconds X11WindowedEglCursorLayer::queryRenderTime() const
 }
 
 X11WindowedEglBackend::X11WindowedEglBackend(X11WindowedBackend *backend)
-    : m_allocator(std::make_unique<GbmGraphicsBufferAllocator>(backend->gbmDevice()))
-    , m_backend(backend)
+    : m_backend(backend)
 {
 }
 
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ X11WindowedBackend *X11WindowedEglBackend::backend() const
 
 GraphicsBufferAllocator *X11WindowedEglBackend::graphicsBufferAllocator() const
 {
-    return m_allocator.get();
+    return m_backend->drmDevice()->allocator();
 }
 
 bool X11WindowedEglBackend::initializeEgl()
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ bool X11WindowedEglBackend::initializeEgl()
             }
         }
 
-        m_backend->setEglDisplay(EglDisplay::create(eglGetPlatformDisplayEXT(EGL_PLATFORM_GBM_KHR, m_backend->gbmDevice(), nullptr)));
+        m_backend->setEglDisplay(EglDisplay::create(eglGetPlatformDisplayEXT(EGL_PLATFORM_GBM_KHR, m_backend->drmDevice()->gbmDevice(), nullptr)));
     }
 
     auto display = m_backend->sceneEglDisplayObject();
diff --git a/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_egl_backend.h b/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_egl_backend.h
index f9adf32272..304d24ec0d 100644
--- a/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_egl_backend.h
+++ b/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_egl_backend.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ namespace KWin
 
 class EglSwapchainSlot;
 class EglSwapchain;
-class GraphicsBufferAllocator;
 class X11WindowedBackend;
 class X11WindowedOutput;
 class X11WindowedEglBackend;
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ private:
         std::unique_ptr<X11WindowedEglCursorLayer> cursorLayer;
     };
 
-    std::unique_ptr<GraphicsBufferAllocator> m_allocator;
     std::map<Output *, Layers> m_outputs;
     X11WindowedBackend *m_backend;
 };