diff --git a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-gl-framebuffer-back.c b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-gl-framebuffer-back.c
index 8d76f1578..f6a17e8f0 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-gl-framebuffer-back.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/cogl-gl-framebuffer-back.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ ensure_bits_initialized (CoglGlFramebufferBack *gl_framebuffer_back)
                                         COGL_FRAMEBUFFER_STATE_BIND);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_COGL_GL
-  if (ctx->driver == COGL_DRIVER_GL3)
+  if (_cogl_has_private_feature (ctx, COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_QUERY_FRAMEBUFFER_BITS))
     {
       const struct {
         GLenum attachment, pname;