diff --git a/include/render/gles2.h b/include/render/gles2.h
index 067bdd31..7072a278 100644
--- a/include/render/gles2.h
+++ b/include/render/gles2.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ struct wlr_gles2_texture {
 const struct wlr_gles2_pixel_format *get_gles2_format_from_drm(uint32_t fmt);
 const struct wlr_gles2_pixel_format *get_gles2_format_from_gl(
 	GLint gl_format, GLint gl_type, bool alpha);
-const enum wl_shm_format *get_gles2_wl_formats(size_t *len);
+const uint32_t *get_gles2_shm_formats(size_t *len);
 
 struct wlr_gles2_renderer *gles2_get_renderer(
 	struct wlr_renderer *wlr_renderer);
diff --git a/include/wlr/render/interface.h b/include/wlr/render/interface.h
index feca44e1..612e0afb 100644
--- a/include/wlr/render/interface.h
+++ b/include/wlr/render/interface.h
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ struct wlr_renderer_impl {
 		const float color[static 4], const float matrix[static 9]);
 	void (*render_ellipse_with_matrix)(struct wlr_renderer *renderer,
 		const float color[static 4], const float matrix[static 9]);
-	const enum wl_shm_format *(*get_shm_texture_formats)(
-		struct wlr_renderer *renderer, size_t *len);
+	const uint32_t *(*get_shm_texture_formats)(struct wlr_renderer *renderer,
+		size_t *len);
 	bool (*resource_is_wl_drm_buffer)(struct wlr_renderer *renderer,
 		struct wl_resource *resource);
 	void (*wl_drm_buffer_get_size)(struct wlr_renderer *renderer,
diff --git a/include/wlr/render/wlr_renderer.h b/include/wlr/render/wlr_renderer.h
index 575079a0..49e4afa0 100644
--- a/include/wlr/render/wlr_renderer.h
+++ b/include/wlr/render/wlr_renderer.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void wlr_render_ellipse_with_matrix(struct wlr_renderer *r,
  * Get the shared-memory formats supporting import usage. Buffers allocated
  * with a format from this list may be imported via wlr_texture_from_pixels.
  */
-const enum wl_shm_format *wlr_renderer_get_shm_texture_formats(
+const uint32_t *wlr_renderer_get_shm_texture_formats(
 	struct wlr_renderer *r, size_t *len);
 /**
  * Returns true if this wl_buffer is a wl_drm buffer.
diff --git a/render/gles2/pixel_format.c b/render/gles2/pixel_format.c
index d7711caa..4ca98fe9 100644
--- a/render/gles2/pixel_format.c
+++ b/render/gles2/pixel_format.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include <GLES2/gl2.h>
 #include <GLES2/gl2ext.h>
 #include "render/gles2.h"
-#include "render/shm_format.h"
 
 /*
  * The DRM formats are little endian while the GL formats are big endian,
@@ -66,11 +65,11 @@ const struct wlr_gles2_pixel_format *get_gles2_format_from_gl(
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-const enum wl_shm_format *get_gles2_wl_formats(size_t *len) {
-	static enum wl_shm_format wl_formats[sizeof(formats) / sizeof(formats[0])];
+const uint32_t *get_gles2_shm_formats(size_t *len) {
+	static uint32_t shm_formats[sizeof(formats) / sizeof(formats[0])];
 	*len = sizeof(formats) / sizeof(formats[0]);
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(formats) / sizeof(formats[0]); i++) {
-		wl_formats[i] = convert_drm_format_to_wl_shm(formats[i].drm_format);
+		shm_formats[i] = formats[i].drm_format;
 	}
-	return wl_formats;
+	return shm_formats;
 }
diff --git a/render/gles2/renderer.c b/render/gles2/renderer.c
index fa7bc6c7..d6dc8dbc 100644
--- a/render/gles2/renderer.c
+++ b/render/gles2/renderer.c
@@ -389,9 +389,9 @@ static void gles2_render_ellipse_with_matrix(struct wlr_renderer *wlr_renderer,
 	pop_gles2_debug(renderer);
 }
 
-static const enum wl_shm_format *gles2_get_shm_texture_formats(
+static const uint32_t *gles2_get_shm_texture_formats(
 		struct wlr_renderer *wlr_renderer, size_t *len) {
-	return get_gles2_wl_formats(len);
+	return get_gles2_shm_formats(len);
 }
 
 static bool gles2_resource_is_wl_drm_buffer(struct wlr_renderer *wlr_renderer,
diff --git a/render/wlr_renderer.c b/render/wlr_renderer.c
index 4bbbaf59..cc97c20d 100644
--- a/render/wlr_renderer.c
+++ b/render/wlr_renderer.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_matrix.h>
 #include <wlr/util/log.h>
 #include "util/signal.h"
+#include "render/shm_format.h"
 #include "render/wlr_renderer.h"
 #include "backend/backend.h"
 
@@ -151,8 +152,8 @@ void wlr_render_ellipse_with_matrix(struct wlr_renderer *r,
 	r->impl->render_ellipse_with_matrix(r, color, matrix);
 }
 
-const enum wl_shm_format *wlr_renderer_get_shm_texture_formats(
-		struct wlr_renderer *r, size_t *len) {
+const uint32_t *wlr_renderer_get_shm_texture_formats(struct wlr_renderer *r,
+		size_t *len) {
 	return r->impl->get_shm_texture_formats(r, len);
 }
 
@@ -217,8 +218,7 @@ bool wlr_renderer_init_wl_display(struct wlr_renderer *r,
 	}
 
 	size_t len;
-	const enum wl_shm_format *formats =
-		wlr_renderer_get_shm_texture_formats(r, &len);
+	const uint32_t *formats = wlr_renderer_get_shm_texture_formats(r, &len);
 	if (formats == NULL) {
 		wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "Failed to initialize shm: cannot get formats");
 		return false;
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ bool wlr_renderer_init_wl_display(struct wlr_renderer *r,
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
 		// ARGB8888 and XRGB8888 must be supported and are implicitly
 		// advertised by wl_display_init_shm
-		switch (formats[i]) {
+		enum wl_shm_format fmt = convert_drm_format_to_wl_shm(formats[i]);
+		switch (fmt) {
 		case WL_SHM_FORMAT_ARGB8888:
 			argb8888 = true;
 			break;
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ bool wlr_renderer_init_wl_display(struct wlr_renderer *r,
 			xrgb8888 = true;
 			break;
 		default:
-			wl_display_add_shm_format(wl_display, formats[i]);
+			wl_display_add_shm_format(wl_display, fmt);
 		}
 	}
 	assert(argb8888 && xrgb8888);