diff --git a/include/ui/console.h b/include/ui/console.h
index 18a10c0b7db0..0f84861933e1 100644
--- a/include/ui/console.h
+++ b/include/ui/console.h
@@ -290,10 +290,20 @@ typedef struct DisplayGLCtxOps {
                                QEMUGLContext ctx);
     int (*dpy_gl_ctx_make_current)(DisplayGLCtx *dgc,
                                    QEMUGLContext ctx);
+    void (*dpy_gl_ctx_create_texture)(DisplayGLCtx *dgc,
+                                      DisplaySurface *surface);
+    void (*dpy_gl_ctx_destroy_texture)(DisplayGLCtx *dgc,
+                                      DisplaySurface *surface);
+    void (*dpy_gl_ctx_update_texture)(DisplayGLCtx *dgc,
+                                      DisplaySurface *surface,
+                                      int x, int y, int w, int h);
 } DisplayGLCtxOps;
 
 struct DisplayGLCtx {
     const DisplayGLCtxOps *ops;
+#ifdef CONFIG_OPENGL
+    QemuGLShader *gls; /* optional shared shader */
+#endif
 };
 
 DisplayState *init_displaystate(void);
diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
index 06ba82db61c9..3b5664535625 100644
--- a/ui/console.c
+++ b/ui/console.c
@@ -1073,6 +1073,27 @@ static void displaychangelistener_gfx_switch(DisplayChangeListener *dcl,
     }
 }
 
+static void dpy_gfx_create_texture(QemuConsole *con, DisplaySurface *surface)
+{
+    if (con->gl && con->gl->ops->dpy_gl_ctx_create_texture) {
+        con->gl->ops->dpy_gl_ctx_create_texture(con->gl, surface);
+    }
+}
+
+static void dpy_gfx_destroy_texture(QemuConsole *con, DisplaySurface *surface)
+{
+    if (con->gl && con->gl->ops->dpy_gl_ctx_destroy_texture) {
+        con->gl->ops->dpy_gl_ctx_destroy_texture(con->gl, surface);
+    }
+}
+
+static void dpy_gfx_update_texture(QemuConsole *con, DisplaySurface *surface,
+                                   int x, int y, int w, int h)
+{
+    if (con->gl && con->gl->ops->dpy_gl_ctx_update_texture) {
+        con->gl->ops->dpy_gl_ctx_update_texture(con->gl, surface, x, y, w, h);
+    }
+}
 
 static void displaychangelistener_display_console(DisplayChangeListener *dcl,
                                                   QemuConsole *con,
@@ -1086,6 +1107,9 @@ static void displaychangelistener_display_console(DisplayChangeListener *dcl,
         if (!dummy) {
             dummy = qemu_create_placeholder_surface(640, 480, nodev);
         }
+        if (con) {
+            dpy_gfx_create_texture(con, dummy);
+        }
         displaychangelistener_gfx_switch(dcl, dummy, TRUE);
         return;
     }
@@ -1105,6 +1129,7 @@ static void displaychangelistener_display_console(DisplayChangeListener *dcl,
                                          con->scanout.texture.width,
                                          con->scanout.texture.height);
     } else if (con->scanout.kind == SCANOUT_SURFACE) {
+        dpy_gfx_create_texture(con, con->surface);
         displaychangelistener_gfx_switch(dcl, con->surface, TRUE);
     }
 }
@@ -1637,6 +1662,7 @@ void dpy_gfx_update(QemuConsole *con, int x, int y, int w, int h)
     if (!qemu_console_is_visible(con)) {
         return;
     }
+    dpy_gfx_update_texture(con, con->surface, x, y, w, h);
     QLIST_FOREACH(dcl, &s->listeners, next) {
         if (con != (dcl->con ? dcl->con : active_console)) {
             continue;
@@ -1681,12 +1707,14 @@ void dpy_gfx_replace_surface(QemuConsole *con,
 
     con->scanout.kind = SCANOUT_SURFACE;
     con->surface = surface;
+    dpy_gfx_create_texture(con, surface);
     QLIST_FOREACH(dcl, &s->listeners, next) {
         if (con != (dcl->con ? dcl->con : active_console)) {
             continue;
         }
         displaychangelistener_gfx_switch(dcl, surface, FALSE);
     }
+    dpy_gfx_destroy_texture(con, old_surface);
     qemu_free_displaysurface(old_surface);
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/dbus-listener.c b/ui/dbus-listener.c
index 81c119b13a2c..a287edd2fc15 100644
--- a/ui/dbus-listener.c
+++ b/ui/dbus-listener.c
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ struct _DBusDisplayListener {
 
     DisplayChangeListener dcl;
     DisplaySurface *ds;
-    QemuGLShader *gls;
     int gl_updates;
 };
 
@@ -240,10 +239,6 @@ static void dbus_gl_gfx_update(DisplayChangeListener *dcl,
 {
     DBusDisplayListener *ddl = container_of(dcl, DBusDisplayListener, dcl);
 
-    if (ddl->ds) {
-        surface_gl_update_texture(ddl->gls, ddl->ds, x, y, w, h);
-    }
-
     ddl->gl_updates++;
 }
 
@@ -285,15 +280,11 @@ static void dbus_gl_gfx_switch(DisplayChangeListener *dcl,
 {
     DBusDisplayListener *ddl = container_of(dcl, DBusDisplayListener, dcl);
 
-    if (ddl->ds) {
-        surface_gl_destroy_texture(ddl->gls, ddl->ds);
-    }
     ddl->ds = new_surface;
     if (ddl->ds) {
         int width = surface_width(ddl->ds);
         int height = surface_height(ddl->ds);
 
-        surface_gl_create_texture(ddl->gls, ddl->ds);
         /* TODO: lazy send dmabuf (there are unnecessary sent otherwise) */
         dbus_scanout_texture(&ddl->dcl, ddl->ds->texture, false,
                              width, height, 0, 0, width, height);
@@ -403,7 +394,6 @@ dbus_display_listener_dispose(GObject *object)
     g_clear_object(&ddl->conn);
     g_clear_pointer(&ddl->bus_name, g_free);
     g_clear_object(&ddl->proxy);
-    g_clear_pointer(&ddl->gls, qemu_gl_fini_shader);
 
     G_OBJECT_CLASS(dbus_display_listener_parent_class)->dispose(object);
 }
@@ -414,7 +404,6 @@ dbus_display_listener_constructed(GObject *object)
     DBusDisplayListener *ddl = DBUS_DISPLAY_LISTENER(object);
 
     if (display_opengl) {
-        ddl->gls = qemu_gl_init_shader();
         ddl->dcl.ops = &dbus_gl_dcl_ops;
     } else {
         ddl->dcl.ops = &dbus_dcl_ops;
diff --git a/ui/dbus.c b/ui/dbus.c
index 22c82d2f323a..7a87612379e8 100644
--- a/ui/dbus.c
+++ b/ui/dbus.c
@@ -55,11 +55,33 @@ dbus_is_compatible_dcl(DisplayGLCtx *dgc,
     return dcl->ops == &dbus_gl_dcl_ops || dcl->ops == &dbus_console_dcl_ops;
 }
 
+static void
+dbus_create_texture(DisplayGLCtx *ctx, DisplaySurface *surface)
+{
+    surface_gl_create_texture(ctx->gls, surface);
+}
+
+static void
+dbus_destroy_texture(DisplayGLCtx *ctx, DisplaySurface *surface)
+{
+    surface_gl_destroy_texture(ctx->gls, surface);
+}
+
+static void
+dbus_update_texture(DisplayGLCtx *ctx, DisplaySurface *surface,
+                    int x, int y, int w, int h)
+{
+    surface_gl_update_texture(ctx->gls, surface, x, y, w, h);
+}
+
 static const DisplayGLCtxOps dbus_gl_ops = {
     .dpy_gl_ctx_is_compatible_dcl = dbus_is_compatible_dcl,
     .dpy_gl_ctx_create       = dbus_create_context,
     .dpy_gl_ctx_destroy      = qemu_egl_destroy_context,
     .dpy_gl_ctx_make_current = qemu_egl_make_context_current,
+    .dpy_gl_ctx_create_texture = dbus_create_texture,
+    .dpy_gl_ctx_destroy_texture = dbus_destroy_texture,
+    .dpy_gl_ctx_update_texture = dbus_update_texture,
 };
 
 static NotifierList dbus_display_notifiers =
@@ -90,6 +112,9 @@ dbus_display_init(Object *o)
     g_autoptr(GDBusObjectSkeleton) vm = NULL;
 
     dd->glctx.ops = &dbus_gl_ops;
+    if (display_opengl) {
+        dd->glctx.gls = qemu_gl_init_shader();
+    }
     dd->iface = qemu_dbus_display1_vm_skeleton_new();
     dd->consoles = g_ptr_array_new_with_free_func(g_object_unref);
 
@@ -126,6 +151,7 @@ dbus_display_finalize(Object *o)
     g_clear_object(&dd->iface);
     g_free(dd->dbus_addr);
     g_free(dd->audiodev);
+    g_clear_pointer(&dd->glctx.gls, qemu_gl_fini_shader);
     dbus_display = NULL;
 }