diff --git a/video/out/opengl/ra_gl.c b/video/out/opengl/ra_gl.c
index ccb8755ba6..ae6cd00765 100644
--- a/video/out/opengl/ra_gl.c
+++ b/video/out/opengl/ra_gl.c
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ static int ra_init_gl(struct ra *ra, GL *gl)
         {RA_CAP_TEX_3D,             MPGL_CAP_3D_TEX},
         {RA_CAP_COMPUTE,            MPGL_CAP_COMPUTE_SHADER},
         {RA_CAP_NESTED_ARRAY,       MPGL_CAP_NESTED_ARRAY},
-        {RA_CAP_BUF_RO,             MPGL_CAP_UBO},
-        {RA_CAP_BUF_RW,             MPGL_CAP_SSBO},
     };
 
     for (int i = 0; i < MP_ARRAY_SIZE(caps_map); i++) {
@@ -111,6 +109,13 @@ static int ra_init_gl(struct ra *ra, GL *gl)
             ra->caps |= caps_map[i][0];
     }
 
+    if (gl->BindBufferBase) {
+        if (gl->mpgl_caps & MPGL_CAP_UBO)
+            ra->caps |= RA_CAP_BUF_RO;
+        if (gl->mpgl_caps & MPGL_CAP_SSBO)
+            ra->caps |= RA_CAP_BUF_RW;
+    }
+
     if (gl->BlitFramebuffer)
         ra->caps |= RA_CAP_BLIT;