diff --git a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/drm.cpp b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/drm.cpp
index c546d9f1..55146721 100644
--- a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/drm.cpp
+++ b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/drm.cpp
@@ -644,6 +644,12 @@ bool DrmRenderer::initialize(PDECODER_PARAMETERS params)
                     else if (auto zpos = props.property("zpos")) {
                         activePlanesZpos.emplace(zpos->initialValue());
                     }
+                    else {
+                        // If there's no zpos property (which if true for one plane, must be true for all),
+                        // Z-order is determined by enumeration order. Pretend that the plane index is the
+                        // (immutable) zpos value in this scenario.
+                        activePlanesZpos.emplace(i);
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
@@ -774,7 +780,15 @@ bool DrmRenderer::initialize(PDECODER_PARAMETERS params)
                 }
             }
             else {
-                m_VideoPlaneZpos = 0;
+                // Use the plane index for DRM drivers without zpos support
+                if (!activePlanesZpos.empty() && i < *activePlanesZpos.crbegin()) {
+                    // This plane is too low to be visible
+                    drmModeFreePlane(plane);
+                    continue;
+                }
+                else {
+                    m_VideoPlaneZpos = i;
+                }
             }
 
             SDL_assert(!m_VideoPlane.isValid());
@@ -860,6 +874,14 @@ bool DrmRenderer::initialize(PDECODER_PARAMETERS params)
                     continue;
                 }
             }
+            else {
+                // Use the plane index for DRM drivers without zpos support
+                if (i <= m_VideoPlaneZpos) {
+                    // This plane is too low to be visible
+                    drmModeFreePlane(plane);
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
 
             // Allocate this overlay plane to the next unused overlay slot
             SDL_assert(!m_OverlayPlanes[overlayIndex].isValid());