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diff --git a/src/core/media_capture_devices_dispatcher.cpp b/src/core/media_capture_devices_dispatcher.cpp
index 87fe543b1..7f521dd10 100644
--- a/src/core/media_capture_devices_dispatcher.cpp
+++ b/src/core/media_capture_devices_dispatcher.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,16 @@ std::unique_ptr<content::MediaStreamUI> getDevicesForDesktopCapture(content::Med
content::DesktopMediaID getDefaultScreenId()
{
-#if BUILDFLAG(ENABLE_WEBRTC)
+ // While this function is executing another thread may also want to create a
+ // DesktopCapturer [1]. Unfortunately, creating a DesktopCapturer is not
+ // thread safe on X11 due to the use of webrtc::XErrorTrap. It's safe to
+ // disable this code on X11 since we don't actually need to create a
+ // DesktopCapturer to get the screen id anyway
+ // (ScreenCapturerLinux::GetSourceList always returns 0 as the id).
+ //
+ // [1]: webrtc::InProcessVideoCaptureDeviceLauncher::DoStartDesktopCaptureOnDeviceThread
+
+#if BUILDFLAG(ENABLE_WEBRTC) && !defined(USE_X11)
// Source id patterns are different across platforms.
// On Linux, the hardcoded value "0" is used.
// On Windows, the screens are enumerated consecutively in increasing order from 0.