diff --git a/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl_codegen.c b/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl_codegen.c
index dc292014..069c9c9e 100644
--- a/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl_codegen.c
+++ b/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl_codegen.c
@@ -2881,6 +2881,7 @@ static bool lower_separate_samples(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, struct hlsl_ir_node *in
     load = hlsl_ir_resource_load(instr);
 
     if (load->load_type != HLSL_RESOURCE_SAMPLE
+            && load->load_type != HLSL_RESOURCE_SAMPLE_GRAD
             && load->load_type != HLSL_RESOURCE_SAMPLE_LOD
             && load->load_type != HLSL_RESOURCE_SAMPLE_LOD_BIAS)
         return false;
@@ -6977,7 +6978,8 @@ static void sm1_generate_vsir_sampler_dcls(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx,
                         break;
 
                     case HLSL_SAMPLER_DIM_GENERIC:
-                        /* These can appear in sm4-style combined sample instructions. */
+                        /* These can appear in sm4-style separate sample
+                         * instructions that haven't been lowered. */
                         hlsl_fixme(ctx, &var->loc, "Generic samplers need to be lowered.");
                         continue;
 
diff --git a/tests/hlsl/sample-grad.shader_test b/tests/hlsl/sample-grad.shader_test
index 0e873326..49e003f8 100644
--- a/tests/hlsl/sample-grad.shader_test
+++ b/tests/hlsl/sample-grad.shader_test
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ probe (0,0) rgba (0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0)
 [require]
 shader model >= 3.0
 
-[pixel shader todo(sm<4)]
+[pixel shader]
 sampler s;
 Texture2D t;
 uniform float4 grad;
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ float4 main() : sv_target
 
 [test]
 uniform 0 float4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
-todo(msl | sm<4) draw quad
+todo(msl) draw quad
 probe (0, 0) rgba (1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0)
 uniform 0 float4 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
-todo(msl | sm<4) draw quad
+todo(msl) draw quad
 probe (0, 0) rgba (0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0)
 uniform 0 float4 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
-todo(msl | sm<4) draw quad
+todo(msl) draw quad
 probe (0, 0) rgba (0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0)