diff --git a/hw/vfio/display.c b/hw/vfio/display.c
index 2c2d3e5b71..a5a608c5b2 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/display.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/display.c
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ static VFIODMABuf *vfio_display_get_dmabuf(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev,
     dmabuf->buf.height = plane.height;
     dmabuf->buf.stride = plane.stride;
     dmabuf->buf.fourcc = plane.drm_format;
+    dmabuf->buf.modifier = plane.drm_format_mod;
     dmabuf->buf.fd     = fd;
     if (plane_type == DRM_PLANE_TYPE_CURSOR) {
         vfio_display_update_cursor(dmabuf, &plane);