diff --git a/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.cpp b/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.cpp
index f480a2a109b..fa4b6cdab08 100644
--- a/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.cpp
@@ -3278,10 +3278,11 @@ bool QOpenGLTexture::hasFeature(Feature feature)
     if (ctx->isOpenGLES())
 #endif
     {
+        const char *renderer = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(ctx->functions()->glGetString(GL_RENDERER));
         switch (feature) {
         case ImmutableStorage:
-            supported = f.version() >= qMakePair(3, 0)
-                    || ctx->hasExtension(QByteArrayLiteral("EXT_texture_storage"));
+            supported = (f.version() >= qMakePair(3, 0) || ctx->hasExtension(QByteArrayLiteral("EXT_texture_storage")))
+                && !(renderer && strstr(renderer, "Mali")); // do not use on Mali: QTBUG-45106
             break;
 
         case ImmutableMultisampleStorage: