diff --git a/src/video/SDL_egl.c b/src/video/SDL_egl.c
index 87d693e8d..891d588c4 100644
--- a/src/video/SDL_egl.c
+++ b/src/video/SDL_egl.c
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ SDL_EGL_CreateContext(_THIS, EGLSurface egl_surface)
         return NULL;
     }

-    _this->egl_data->egl_swapinterval = 0;
+    _this->egl_data->egl_swapinterval = 1;

     if (SDL_EGL_MakeCurrent(_this, egl_surface, egl_context) < 0) {
         /* Save the SDL error set by SDL_EGL_MakeCurrent */
diff --git a/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmopengles.c b/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmopengles.c
index 3d76284fd..72163286b 100644
--- a/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmopengles.c
+++ b/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmopengles.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ int KMSDRM_GLES_SetSwapInterval(_THIS, int interval) {
         return SDL_SetError("EGL not initialized");
     }

+    interval = 1;
     if (interval == 0 || interval == 1) {
         _this->egl_data->egl_swapinterval = interval;
     } else {