diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_x11/evas_xcb_buffer.c b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_x11/evas_xcb_buffer.c
index 74516c9bf9..c7e9c74331 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_x11/evas_xcb_buffer.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_x11/evas_xcb_buffer.c
@@ -327,16 +327,21 @@ evas_software_xcb_x_output_buffer_new(xcb_connection_t *c,
 
                            /* XErrorHandler ph; */
                            /* EventHandlers eh; */
-
-                           free(xcb_get_input_focus_reply(c, xcb_get_input_focus_unchecked(c), NULL));
-                           _xcb_err = 0;
-                           /* ph = XSetErrorHandler((XErrorHandler) */
-                           /* x_output_tmp_x_err); */
+                            
+                           if (try_shm == 2) // only needed during testing
+                             {
+                               free(xcb_get_input_focus_reply(c, xcb_get_input_focus_unchecked(c), NULL));
+                               _xcb_err = 0;
+                               /* ph = XSetErrorHandler((XErrorHandler) */
+                             }
                            xcb_shm_attach(c,
                                           xcbob->shm_info->shmseg,
                                           xcbob->shm_info->shmid, 0);
-                           free(xcb_get_input_focus_reply(c, xcb_get_input_focus_unchecked(c), NULL));
-                           /* XSetErrorHandler((XErrorHandler)ph); */
+                           if (try_shm == 2) // only needed during testing
+                             {
+                               free(xcb_get_input_focus_reply(c, xcb_get_input_focus_unchecked(c), NULL));
+                               /* XSetErrorHandler((XErrorHandler)ph); */
+                             }
                            if (!_xcb_err)
                              {
 				 xcbob->bpl = xcbob->image->stride;