diff --git a/src/backends/metal/video.rs b/src/backends/metal/video.rs
index 4e229d1d..c0752eee 100644
--- a/src/backends/metal/video.rs
+++ b/src/backends/metal/video.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ use {
                 DrmPropertyType, DrmVersion, PropBlob, DRM_CLIENT_CAP_ATOMIC,
                 DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_ALLOW_MODESET, DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_NONBLOCK, DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_EVENT,
             },
-            gbm::{GbmDevice, GBM_BO_USE_LINEAR, GBM_BO_USE_RENDERING, GBM_BO_USE_SCANOUT},
+            gbm::{GbmBo, GbmDevice, GBM_BO_USE_LINEAR, GBM_BO_USE_RENDERING, GBM_BO_USE_SCANOUT},
             Modifier, INVALID_MODIFIER,
         },
     },
@@ -2593,12 +2593,12 @@ impl MetalBackend {
             Err(e) => return Err(MetalError::ImportFb(e)),
         };
         dev_fb.clear().map_err(MetalError::Clear)?;
-        let (dev_tex, render_tex, render_fb) = if dev.id == render_ctx.dev_id {
+        let (dev_tex, render_tex, render_fb, render_bo) = if dev.id == render_ctx.dev_id {
             let render_tex = match dev_img.to_texture() {
                 Ok(fb) => fb,
                 Err(e) => return Err(MetalError::ImportTexture(e)),
             };
-            (None, render_tex, None)
+            (None, render_tex, None, None)
         } else {
             // Create a _bridge_ BO in the render device
             let render_gfx_formats = render_ctx.gfx.formats();
@@ -2657,10 +2657,12 @@ impl MetalBackend {
                 Err(e) => return Err(MetalError::ImportTexture(e)),
             };
 
-            (Some(dev_tex), render_tex, Some(render_fb))
+            (Some(dev_tex), render_tex, Some(render_fb), Some(render_bo))
         };
         Ok(RenderBuffer {
             drm: drm_fb,
+            _dev_bo: dev_bo,
+            _render_bo: render_bo,
             dev_fb,
             dev_tex,
             render_tex,
@@ -2849,6 +2851,8 @@ impl MetalBackend {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct RenderBuffer {
     drm: Rc<DrmFramebuffer>,
+    _dev_bo: GbmBo,
+    _render_bo: Option<GbmBo>,
     // ctx = dev
     // buffer location = dev
     dev_fb: Rc<dyn GfxFramebuffer>,
diff --git a/src/backends/x.rs b/src/backends/x.rs
index 3b8ed707..4c34f267 100644
--- a/src/backends/x.rs
+++ b/src/backends/x.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use {
         },
         video::{
             drm::{ConnectorType, Drm, DrmError, DrmVersion},
-            gbm::{GbmDevice, GbmError, GBM_BO_USE_RENDERING},
+            gbm::{GbmBo, GbmDevice, GbmError, GBM_BO_USE_RENDERING},
         },
         wire_xcon::{
             ChangeProperty, ChangeWindowAttributes, ConfigureNotify, CreateCursor, CreatePixmap,
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ impl XBackend {
             };
             *image = Some(XImage {
                 pixmap: Cell::new(pixmap),
+                _bo: bo,
                 fb: CloneCell::new(fb),
                 tex: CloneCell::new(tex),
                 idle: Cell::new(true),
@@ -1023,6 +1024,7 @@ struct XOutput {
 
 struct XImage {
     pixmap: Cell<u32>,
+    _bo: GbmBo,
     fb: CloneCell<Rc<dyn GfxFramebuffer>>,
     tex: CloneCell<Rc<dyn GfxTexture>>,
     idle: Cell<bool>,
diff --git a/src/ifs/jay_screencast.rs b/src/ifs/jay_screencast.rs
index e5308f4b..344a1b06 100644
--- a/src/ifs/jay_screencast.rs
+++ b/src/ifs/jay_screencast.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use {
         },
         video::{
             dmabuf::DmaBuf,
-            gbm::{GbmError, GBM_BO_USE_LINEAR, GBM_BO_USE_RENDERING},
+            gbm::{GbmBo, GbmError, GBM_BO_USE_LINEAR, GBM_BO_USE_RENDERING},
             Modifier, INVALID_MODIFIER, LINEAR_MODIFIER,
         },
         wire::{jay_screencast::*, JayScreencastId},
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ struct Pending {
 }
 
 struct ScreencastBuffer {
+    _bo: GbmBo,
     dmabuf: DmaBuf,
     fb: Rc<dyn GfxFramebuffer>,
     free: bool,
@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@ impl JayScreencast {
                 let fb = ctx.clone().dmabuf_img(buffer.dmabuf())?.to_framebuffer()?;
                 buffers.push(ScreencastBuffer {
                     dmabuf: buffer.dmabuf().clone(),
+                    _bo: buffer,
                     fb,
                     free: true,
                 });
diff --git a/src/portal/ptr_gui.rs b/src/portal/ptr_gui.rs
index 3020d219..c3e54e12 100644
--- a/src/portal/ptr_gui.rs
+++ b/src/portal/ptr_gui.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use {
             asyncevent::AsyncEvent, clonecell::CloneCell, copyhashmap::CopyHashMap,
             errorfmt::ErrorFmt, rc_eq::rc_eq,
         },
-        video::gbm::GBM_BO_USE_RENDERING,
+        video::gbm::{GbmBo, GBM_BO_USE_RENDERING},
         wire::{
             wp_fractional_scale_v1::PreferredScale, zwlr_layer_surface_v1::Configure,
             ZwpLinuxBufferParamsV1Id,
@@ -757,6 +757,7 @@ impl WindowData {
             let params = dmabuf.create_params();
             params.create(bo.dmabuf());
             let pending = Rc::new(GuiBufferPending {
+                bo: Cell::new(Some(bo)),
                 window: self.clone(),
                 fb,
                 params,
@@ -843,11 +844,13 @@ pub struct GuiBuffer {
     pub wl: Rc<UsrWlBuffer>,
     pub window: Rc<WindowData>,
     pub fb: Rc<dyn GfxFramebuffer>,
+    pub _bo: Option<GbmBo>,
     pub free: Cell<bool>,
     pub size: (i32, i32),
 }
 
 struct GuiBufferPending {
+    pub bo: Cell<Option<GbmBo>>,
     pub window: Rc<WindowData>,
     pub fb: Rc<dyn GfxFramebuffer>,
     pub params: Rc<UsrLinuxBufferParams>,
@@ -892,6 +895,7 @@ impl UsrLinuxBufferParamsOwner for GuiBufferPending {
             wl: buffer,
             window: self.window.clone(),
             fb: self.fb.clone(),
+            _bo: self.bo.take(),
             free: Cell::new(true),
             size: self.size,
         });
diff --git a/src/video/gbm.rs b/src/video/gbm.rs
index 3338e2fb..4eb888b8 100644
--- a/src/video/gbm.rs
+++ b/src/video/gbm.rs
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ pub struct GbmBo {
     dmabuf: DmaBuf,
 }
 
+impl Debug for GbmBo {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("GbmBo").finish_non_exhaustive()
+    }
+}
+
 pub struct GbmBoMap {
     bo: Rc<GbmBo>,
     data: *mut [u8],