diff --git a/src/frontend-common/opengl_host_display.cpp b/src/frontend-common/opengl_host_display.cpp
index 36e1bfb9c..03e652d81 100644
--- a/src/frontend-common/opengl_host_display.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend-common/opengl_host_display.cpp
@@ -392,10 +392,23 @@ bool OpenGLHostDisplay::CreateRenderDevice(const WindowInfo& wi, std::string_vie
 bool OpenGLHostDisplay::InitializeRenderDevice(std::string_view shader_cache_directory, bool debug_device,
                                                bool threaded_presentation)
 {
-  m_use_gles2_draw_path = (GetRenderAPI() == HostDisplay::RenderAPI::OpenGLES && !GLAD_GL_ES_VERSION_3_0);
+  m_use_gles2_draw_path = (m_gl_context->IsGLES() && !GLAD_GL_ES_VERSION_3_0);
   if (!m_use_gles2_draw_path)
     glGetIntegerv(GL_UNIFORM_BUFFER_OFFSET_ALIGNMENT, reinterpret_cast<GLint*>(&m_uniform_buffer_alignment));
 
+  // Doubt GLES2 drivers will support PBOs efficiently.
+  m_use_pbo_for_pixels = m_use_gles2_draw_path;
+  if (m_gl_context->IsGLES())
+  {
+    // Adreno seems to corrupt textures through PBOs...
+    const char* gl_vendor = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetString(GL_VENDOR));
+    if (std::strstr(gl_vendor, "Qualcomm"))
+      m_use_pbo_for_pixels = false;
+  }
+
+  Log_VerbosePrintf("Using GLES2 draw path: %s", m_use_gles2_draw_path ? "yes" : "no");
+  Log_VerbosePrintf("Using PBO for streaming: %s", m_use_pbo_for_pixels ? "yes" : "no");
+
   if (debug_device && GLAD_GL_KHR_debug)
   {
     if (GetRenderAPI() == RenderAPI::OpenGLES)
diff --git a/src/frontend-common/opengl_host_display.h b/src/frontend-common/opengl_host_display.h
index 8da4ae689..10493cdde 100644
--- a/src/frontend-common/opengl_host_display.h
+++ b/src/frontend-common/opengl_host_display.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ protected:
 
   bool m_display_texture_is_linear_filtered = false;
   bool m_use_gles2_draw_path = false;
+  bool m_use_pbo_for_pixels = false;
 };
 
 } // namespace FrontendCommon
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