diff --git a/src/xrt/ipc/ipc_client_hmd.c b/src/xrt/ipc/ipc_client_hmd.c
index f29d4ea49..8d4080ccf 100644
--- a/src/xrt/ipc/ipc_client_hmd.c
+++ b/src/xrt/ipc/ipc_client_hmd.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "util/u_misc.h"
 #include "util/u_debug.h"
 #include "util/u_device.h"
+#include "util/u_distortion_mesh.h"
 
 #include "ipc_client.h"
 #include "ipc_client_generated.h"
@@ -177,8 +178,6 @@ ipc_client_hmd_create(struct ipc_connection *ipc_c,
 
 	// clang-foramt off
 	ich->base.hmd->blend_mode = XRT_BLEND_MODE_OPAQUE;
-	ich->base.hmd->distortion.models = XRT_DISTORTION_MODEL_NONE;
-	ich->base.hmd->distortion.preferred = XRT_DISTORTION_MODEL_NONE;
 	ich->base.hmd->views[0].display.w_pixels =
 	    ipc_c->ism->hmd.views[0].display.w_pixels;
 	ich->base.hmd->views[0].display.h_pixels =
@@ -191,6 +190,9 @@ ipc_client_hmd_create(struct ipc_connection *ipc_c,
 	ich->base.hmd->views[1].fov = ipc_c->ism->hmd.views[1].fov;
 	// clang-foramt on
 
+	// Distortion information, fills in xdev->compute_distortion().
+	u_distortion_mesh_set_none(&ich->base);
+
 	// Setup variable tracker.
 	u_var_add_root(ich, ich->base.str, true);
 	u_var_add_ro_u32(ich, &ich->device_id, "device_id");