diff --git a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/mmal.cpp b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/mmal.cpp
index 3ebe82b6..63563c25 100644
--- a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/mmal.cpp
+++ b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/mmal.cpp
@@ -219,32 +219,19 @@ int MmalRenderer::getDecoderColorspace()
 
 void MmalRenderer::setupBackground(PDECODER_PARAMETERS params)
 {
-    SDL_SysWMinfo info;
-
-    SDL_VERSION(&info.version);
-
-    if (!SDL_GetWindowWMInfo(params->window, &info)) {
+    // Create a renderer and draw a black background for the area not covered by the MMAL overlay.
+    // On the KMSDRM backend, this triggers the modeset that puts the CRTC into the mode we selected.
+    m_BackgroundRenderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(params->window, -1, SDL_RENDERER_SOFTWARE);
+    if (m_BackgroundRenderer == nullptr) {
         SDL_LogError(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
-                     "SDL_GetWindowWMInfo() failed: %s",
-                     SDL_GetError());
+                    "SDL_CreateRenderer() failed: %s",
+                    SDL_GetError());
         return;
     }
 
-    // On X11, we can safely create a renderer and draw a black background.
-    // Due to conflicts with Qt, it's unsafe to do this for KMSDRM.
-    if (info.subsystem == SDL_SYSWM_X11) {
-        m_BackgroundRenderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(params->window, -1, SDL_RENDERER_SOFTWARE);
-        if (m_BackgroundRenderer == nullptr) {
-            SDL_LogError(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
-                        "SDL_CreateRenderer() failed: %s",
-                        SDL_GetError());
-            return;
-        }
-
-        SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(m_BackgroundRenderer, 0, 0, 0, SDL_ALPHA_OPAQUE);
-        SDL_RenderClear(m_BackgroundRenderer);
-        SDL_RenderPresent(m_BackgroundRenderer);
-    }
+    SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(m_BackgroundRenderer, 0, 0, 0, SDL_ALPHA_OPAQUE);
+    SDL_RenderClear(m_BackgroundRenderer);
+    SDL_RenderPresent(m_BackgroundRenderer);
 }
 
 void MmalRenderer::InputPortCallback(MMAL_PORT_T*, MMAL_BUFFER_HEADER_T* buffer)