diff --git a/client/renderers/EGL/egl.c b/client/renderers/EGL/egl.c
index a4b00a97..5839bddd 100644
--- a/client/renderers/EGL/egl.c
+++ b/client/renderers/EGL/egl.c
@@ -565,16 +565,30 @@ bool egl_render_startup(void * opaque, SDL_Window * window)
 
   eglMakeCurrent(this->display, this->surface, this->surface, this->context);
   const char *client_exts = eglQueryString(this->display, EGL_EXTENSIONS);
+  const char *vendor      = (const char *)glGetString(GL_VENDOR);
 
   DEBUG_INFO("EGL       : %d.%d", maj, min);
-  DEBUG_INFO("Vendor    : %s", glGetString(GL_VENDOR  ));
+  DEBUG_INFO("Vendor    : %s", vendor);
   DEBUG_INFO("Renderer  : %s", glGetString(GL_RENDERER));
   DEBUG_INFO("Version   : %s", glGetString(GL_VERSION ));
   DEBUG_INFO("EGL APIs  : %s", eglQueryString(this->display, EGL_CLIENT_APIS));
   DEBUG_INFO("Extensions: %s", client_exts);
 
   if (strstr(client_exts, "EGL_EXT_image_dma_buf_import") != NULL)
-    this->dmaSupport = true;
+  {
+    /*
+     * As of version 455.45.01 NVidia started advertising support for this
+     * feature, however even on the latest version 460.27.04 this is still
+     * broken and does not work, until this is fixed and we have way to detect
+     * this early just disable dma for all NVIDIA devices.
+     *
+     * ref: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/egl-ext-image-dma-buf-import-broken-egl-bad-alloc-with-tons-of-free-ram/165552
+     */
+    if (strstr(vendor, "NVIDIA") != NULL)
+      DEBUG_WARN("NVIDIA driver detected, ignoring broken DMA support");
+    else
+      this->dmaSupport = true;
+  }
 
   eglSwapInterval(this->display, this->opt.vsync ? 1 : 0);