diff --git a/src/bin/e_comp_wl.c b/src/bin/e_comp_wl.c
index f5aa57175..cac381841 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_comp_wl.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_comp_wl.c
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ _e_comp_wl_compositor_create(void)
         e_comp_wl_input_keyboard_enabled_set(cdata, EINA_TRUE);
      }
 
+   /* set compositor wayland data */
+   comp->wl_comp_data = cdata;
+
    return EINA_TRUE;
 
 input_err: