diff --git a/src/backends/wayland/wayland_backend.cpp b/src/backends/wayland/wayland_backend.cpp
index fb440f6880..4586171c2c 100644
--- a/src/backends/wayland/wayland_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/wayland/wayland_backend.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 */
 #include "wayland_backend.h"
+#include "core/drmdevice.h"
 #include "input.h"
 #include "wayland_display.h"
 #include "wayland_egl_backend.h"
@@ -425,10 +426,6 @@ WaylandBackend::~WaylandBackend()
 
     m_seat.reset();
     m_display.reset();
-
-    if (m_gbmDevice) {
-        gbm_device_destroy(m_gbmDevice);
-    }
     qCDebug(KWIN_WAYLAND_BACKEND) << "Destroyed Wayland display";
 }
 
@@ -440,10 +437,8 @@ bool WaylandBackend::initialize()
     }
 
     if (WaylandLinuxDmabufV1 *dmabuf = m_display->linuxDmabuf()) {
-        m_drmFileDescriptor = FileDescriptor(open(dmabuf->mainDevice(), O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC));
-        if (m_drmFileDescriptor.isValid()) {
-            m_gbmDevice = gbm_create_device(m_drmFileDescriptor.get());
-        } else {
+        m_drmDevice = DrmDevice::open(dmabuf->mainDevice());
+        if (!m_drmDevice) {
             qCWarning(KWIN_WAYLAND_BACKEND) << "Failed to open drm render node" << dmabuf->mainDevice();
         }
     }
@@ -560,7 +555,7 @@ void WaylandBackend::togglePointerLock()
 QList<CompositingType> WaylandBackend::supportedCompositors() const
 {
     QList<CompositingType> ret;
-    if (m_display->linuxDmabuf() && m_gbmDevice) {
+    if (m_display->linuxDmabuf() && m_drmDevice) {
         ret.append(OpenGLCompositing);
     }
     ret.append(QPainterCompositing);
@@ -675,6 +670,11 @@ EglDisplay *WaylandBackend::sceneEglDisplayObject() const
     return m_eglDisplay.get();
 }
 
+DrmDevice *WaylandBackend::drmDevice() const
+{
+    return m_drmDevice.get();
+}
+
 WaylandBuffer::WaylandBuffer(wl_buffer *handle, GraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer)
     : m_graphicsBuffer(graphicsBuffer)
     , m_handle(handle)
diff --git a/src/backends/wayland/wayland_backend.h b/src/backends/wayland/wayland_backend.h
index 057786e16d..23fc53a7d9 100644
--- a/src/backends/wayland/wayland_backend.h
+++ b/src/backends/wayland/wayland_backend.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class Touch;
 namespace KWin
 {
 class GraphicsBuffer;
+class DrmDevice;
 
 namespace Wayland
 {
@@ -241,10 +242,7 @@ public:
 
     wl_buffer *importBuffer(GraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer);
 
-    gbm_device *gbmDevice() const
-    {
-        return m_gbmDevice;
-    }
+    DrmDevice *drmDevice() const;
 
     void setEglBackend(WaylandEglBackend *eglBackend)
     {
@@ -267,8 +265,7 @@ private:
     WaylandEglBackend *m_eglBackend = nullptr;
     QList<WaylandOutput *> m_outputs;
     bool m_pointerLockRequested = false;
-    FileDescriptor m_drmFileDescriptor;
-    gbm_device *m_gbmDevice = nullptr;
+    std::unique_ptr<DrmDevice> m_drmDevice;
     std::unique_ptr<EglDisplay> m_eglDisplay;
     std::map<GraphicsBuffer *, std::unique_ptr<WaylandBuffer>> m_buffers;
 };
diff --git a/src/backends/wayland/wayland_egl_backend.cpp b/src/backends/wayland/wayland_egl_backend.cpp
index 2e7de81827..133b9ec5ce 100644
--- a/src/backends/wayland/wayland_egl_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/wayland/wayland_egl_backend.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 */
 
 #include "wayland_egl_backend.h"
+#include "core/drmdevice.h"
 #include "core/gbmgraphicsbufferallocator.h"
 #include "opengl/eglswapchain.h"
 #include "opengl/glrendertimequery.h"
@@ -229,7 +230,6 @@ std::chrono::nanoseconds WaylandEglCursorLayer::queryRenderTime() const
 WaylandEglBackend::WaylandEglBackend(WaylandBackend *b)
     : AbstractEglBackend()
     , m_backend(b)
-    , m_allocator(std::make_unique<GbmGraphicsBufferAllocator>(b->gbmDevice()))
 {
     connect(m_backend, &WaylandBackend::outputAdded, this, &WaylandEglBackend::createEglWaylandOutput);
     connect(m_backend, &WaylandBackend::outputRemoved, this, [this](Output *output) {
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ WaylandBackend *WaylandEglBackend::backend() const
 
 GraphicsBufferAllocator *WaylandEglBackend::graphicsBufferAllocator() const
 {
-    return m_allocator.get();
+    return m_backend->drmDevice()->allocator();
 }
 
 void WaylandEglBackend::cleanupSurfaces()
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ bool WaylandEglBackend::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/wayland/wayland_egl_backend.h b/src/backends/wayland/wayland_egl_backend.h
index 4cee304253..fa2e89bea6 100644
--- a/src/backends/wayland/wayland_egl_backend.h
+++ b/src/backends/wayland/wayland_egl_backend.h
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ private:
     };
 
     WaylandBackend *m_backend;
-    std::unique_ptr<GraphicsBufferAllocator> m_allocator;
     std::map<Output *, Layers> m_outputs;
 };