diff --git a/cogl/cogl-texture-rectangle.c b/cogl/cogl-texture-rectangle.c
index e276c58e7..6e30622a5 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-texture-rectangle.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl-texture-rectangle.c
@@ -389,7 +389,8 @@ cogl_texture_rectangle_new_from_foreign (CoglContext *ctx,
   /* Obtain texture parameters */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_COGL_GL
-  if (ctx->driver == COGL_DRIVER_GL)
+  if ((ctx->private_feature_flags &
+       COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_QUERY_TEXTURE_PARAMETERS))
     {
       GLint val;