diff --git a/libdmabufinfo/dmabufinfo.cpp b/libdmabufinfo/dmabufinfo.cpp
index ce30a7d..9c85db4 100644
--- a/libdmabufinfo/dmabufinfo.cpp
+++ b/libdmabufinfo/dmabufinfo.cpp
@@ -242,15 +242,17 @@
     return true;
 }
 
-bool ReadDmaBufInfo(pid_t pid, std::vector<DmaBuffer>* dmabufs) {
+bool ReadDmaBufInfo(pid_t pid, std::vector<DmaBuffer>* dmabufs, bool read_fdrefs) {
     dmabufs->clear();
-    return AppendDmaBufInfo(pid, dmabufs);
+    return AppendDmaBufInfo(pid, dmabufs, read_fdrefs);
 }
 
-bool AppendDmaBufInfo(pid_t pid, std::vector<DmaBuffer>* dmabufs) {
-    if (!ReadDmaBufFdRefs(pid, dmabufs)) {
-        LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to read dmabuf fd references";
-        return false;
+bool AppendDmaBufInfo(pid_t pid, std::vector<DmaBuffer>* dmabufs, bool read_fdrefs) {
+    if (read_fdrefs) {
+        if (!ReadDmaBufFdRefs(pid, dmabufs)) {
+            LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to read dmabuf fd references";
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 
     if (!ReadDmaBufMapRefs(pid, dmabufs)) {
diff --git a/libdmabufinfo/include/dmabufinfo/dmabufinfo.h b/libdmabufinfo/include/dmabufinfo/dmabufinfo.h
index 29357c7..2b42896 100644
--- a/libdmabufinfo/include/dmabufinfo/dmabufinfo.h
+++ b/libdmabufinfo/include/dmabufinfo/dmabufinfo.h
@@ -100,14 +100,14 @@
 // Read and return dmabuf objects for a given process without the help
 // of DEBUGFS
 // Returns false if something went wrong with the function, true otherwise.
-bool ReadDmaBufInfo(pid_t pid, std::vector<DmaBuffer>* dmabufs);
+bool ReadDmaBufInfo(pid_t pid, std::vector<DmaBuffer>* dmabufs, bool read_fdrefs = true);
 
 // Append new dmabuf objects from a given process to an existing vector.
 // When the vector contains an existing element with a matching inode,
 // the reference counts will be updated.
 // Does not depend on DEBUGFS.
 // Returns false if something went wrong with the function, true otherwise.
-bool AppendDmaBufInfo(pid_t pid, std::vector<DmaBuffer>* dmabufs);
+bool AppendDmaBufInfo(pid_t pid, std::vector<DmaBuffer>* dmabufs, bool read_fdrefs = true);
 
 }  // namespace dmabufinfo
 }  // namespace android