diff --git a/src/gui/rhi/qrhid3d11.cpp b/src/gui/rhi/qrhid3d11.cpp
index c0fe6ec6f5..3faae39a42 100644
--- a/src/gui/rhi/qrhid3d11.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rhi/qrhid3d11.cpp
@@ -3301,6 +3301,10 @@ bool QD3D11Texture::prepareCreate(QSize *adjustedSize)
     if (tex || tex3D || tex1D)
         destroy();
 
+    QRHI_RES_RHI(QRhiD3D11);
+    if (!rhiD->isTextureFormatSupported(m_format, m_flags))
+        return false;
+
     const bool isDepth = isDepthTextureFormat(m_format);
     const bool isCube = m_flags.testFlag(CubeMap);
     const bool is3D = m_flags.testFlag(ThreeDimensional);
@@ -3311,7 +3315,6 @@ bool QD3D11Texture::prepareCreate(QSize *adjustedSize)
     const QSize size = is1D ? QSize(qMax(1, m_pixelSize.width()), 1)
                             : (m_pixelSize.isEmpty() ? QSize(1, 1) : m_pixelSize);
 
-    QRHI_RES_RHI(QRhiD3D11);
     dxgiFormat = toD3DTextureFormat(m_format, m_flags);
     mipLevelCount = uint(hasMipMaps ? rhiD->q->mipLevelsForSize(size) : 1);
     sampleDesc = rhiD->effectiveSampleDesc(m_sampleCount);
diff --git a/src/gui/rhi/qrhid3d12.cpp b/src/gui/rhi/qrhid3d12.cpp
index 851b0462ad..b9bb580357 100644
--- a/src/gui/rhi/qrhid3d12.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rhi/qrhid3d12.cpp
@@ -4184,6 +4184,10 @@ bool QD3D12Texture::prepareCreate(QSize *adjustedSize)
     if (!handle.isNull())
         destroy();
 
+    QRHI_RES_RHI(QRhiD3D12);
+    if (!rhiD->isTextureFormatSupported(m_format, m_flags))
+        return false;
+
     const bool isDepth = isDepthTextureFormat(m_format);
     const bool isCube = m_flags.testFlag(CubeMap);
     const bool is3D = m_flags.testFlag(ThreeDimensional);
@@ -4215,7 +4219,6 @@ bool QD3D12Texture::prepareCreate(QSize *adjustedSize)
             srvFormat = toD3DTextureFormat(m_readViewFormat.format, m_readViewFormat.srgb ? sRGB : Flags());
     }
 
-    QRHI_RES_RHI(QRhiD3D12);
     mipLevelCount = uint(hasMipMaps ? rhiD->q->mipLevelsForSize(size) : 1);
     sampleDesc = rhiD->effectiveSampleDesc(m_sampleCount, dxgiFormat);
     if (sampleDesc.Count > 1) {