--- meta-wayland-buffer.c	2018-09-04 19:53:56.000000000 +0200
+++ /home/gert/src_mut0_chg/mutter-3.30.0/src/wayland/meta-wayland-buffer.c	2018-10-13 23:10:58.289755843 +0200
@@ -227,12 +227,21 @@
   texture = COGL_TEXTURE (cogl_texture_2d_new_from_bitmap (bitmap));
   cogl_texture_set_components (COGL_TEXTURE (texture), components);
 
-  cogl_object_unref (bitmap);
 
   if (!cogl_texture_allocate (COGL_TEXTURE (texture), error))
-    g_clear_pointer (&texture, cogl_object_unref);
+    {
+      g_clear_pointer (&texture, cogl_object_unref);
+      cogl_error_free (*error);
+      *error = NULL;
+      texture = COGL_TEXTURE (cogl_texture_2d_sliced_new_from_bitmap (bitmap, COGL_TEXTURE_MAX_WASTE));
+      cogl_texture_set_components (COGL_TEXTURE (texture), components);
+      if (!cogl_texture_allocate (COGL_TEXTURE (texture), error))
+        g_clear_pointer (&texture, cogl_object_unref);
+    }
 
   wl_shm_buffer_end_access (shm_buffer);
+  
+  cogl_object_unref (bitmap);
 
   buffer->texture = texture;
   buffer->is_y_inverted = TRUE;