diff --git a/libs/vkd3d/device.c b/libs/vkd3d/device.c
index 3a879f8c..b51e2963 100644
--- a/libs/vkd3d/device.c
+++ b/libs/vkd3d/device.c
@@ -4362,7 +4362,7 @@ static void d3d12_device_get_resource1_allocation_info(struct d3d12_device *devi
     {
         desc = &resource_descs[i];
 
-        if (FAILED(d3d12_resource_validate_desc(desc, device)))
+        if (FAILED(d3d12_resource_validate_desc(desc, device, 0)))
         {
             WARN("Invalid resource desc.\n");
             goto invalid;
@@ -4708,13 +4708,13 @@ static void d3d12_device_get_copyable_footprints(struct d3d12_device *device,
     if (total_bytes)
         *total_bytes = ~(uint64_t)0;
 
-    if (!(format = vkd3d_format_from_d3d12_resource_desc(device, desc, 0)))
+    if (!(format = vkd3d_get_format(device, desc->Format, true)))
     {
         WARN("Invalid format %#x.\n", desc->Format);
         return;
     }
 
-    if (FAILED(d3d12_resource_validate_desc(desc, device)))
+    if (FAILED(d3d12_resource_validate_desc(desc, device, VKD3D_VALIDATE_FORCE_ALLOW_DS)))
     {
         WARN("Invalid resource desc.\n");
         return;
diff --git a/libs/vkd3d/resource.c b/libs/vkd3d/resource.c
index 1f7d90eb..eab97715 100644
--- a/libs/vkd3d/resource.c
+++ b/libs/vkd3d/resource.c
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ HRESULT vkd3d_get_image_allocation_info(struct d3d12_device *device,
     HRESULT hr;
 
     VKD3D_ASSERT(desc->Dimension != D3D12_RESOURCE_DIMENSION_BUFFER);
-    VKD3D_ASSERT(d3d12_resource_validate_desc(desc, device) == S_OK);
+    VKD3D_ASSERT(d3d12_resource_validate_desc(desc, device, 0) == S_OK);
 
     if (!desc->MipLevels)
     {
@@ -1847,7 +1847,7 @@ static bool d3d12_resource_validate_texture_alignment(const D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC1
     return true;
 }
 
-HRESULT d3d12_resource_validate_desc(const D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC1 *desc, struct d3d12_device *device)
+HRESULT d3d12_resource_validate_desc(const D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC1 *desc, struct d3d12_device *device, uint32_t flags)
 {
     const D3D12_MIP_REGION *mip_region = &desc->SamplerFeedbackMipRegion;
     const struct vkd3d_format *format;
@@ -1893,7 +1893,8 @@ HRESULT d3d12_resource_validate_desc(const D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC1 *desc, struct d3
                 return E_INVALIDARG;
             }
 
-            if (!(format = vkd3d_format_from_d3d12_resource_desc(device, desc, 0)))
+            if (!(format = vkd3d_get_format(device, desc->Format,
+                    desc->Flags & D3D12_RESOURCE_FLAG_ALLOW_DEPTH_STENCIL || flags & VKD3D_VALIDATE_FORCE_ALLOW_DS)))
             {
                 WARN("Invalid format %#x.\n", desc->Format);
                 return E_INVALIDARG;
@@ -2013,7 +2014,7 @@ static HRESULT d3d12_resource_init(struct d3d12_resource *resource, struct d3d12
     resource->gpu_address = 0;
     resource->flags = 0;
 
-    if (FAILED(hr = d3d12_resource_validate_desc(&resource->desc, device)))
+    if (FAILED(hr = d3d12_resource_validate_desc(&resource->desc, device, 0)))
         return hr;
 
     resource->format = vkd3d_format_from_d3d12_resource_desc(device, desc, 0);
diff --git a/libs/vkd3d/vkd3d_private.h b/libs/vkd3d/vkd3d_private.h
index 3f5783e5..08c3d4c8 100644
--- a/libs/vkd3d/vkd3d_private.h
+++ b/libs/vkd3d/vkd3d_private.h
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
 
 #define VKD3D_SHADER_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COUNT (VKD3D_SHADER_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER + 1)
 
+#define VKD3D_VALIDATE_FORCE_ALLOW_DS  0x1u
+
 extern uint64_t object_global_serial_id;
 
 struct d3d12_command_list;
@@ -534,7 +536,7 @@ struct vkd3d_resource_allocation_info
 };
 
 bool d3d12_resource_is_cpu_accessible(const struct d3d12_resource *resource);
-HRESULT d3d12_resource_validate_desc(const D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC1 *desc, struct d3d12_device *device);
+HRESULT d3d12_resource_validate_desc(const D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC1 *desc, struct d3d12_device *device, uint32_t flags);
 void d3d12_resource_get_tiling(struct d3d12_device *device, const struct d3d12_resource *resource,
         UINT *total_tile_count, D3D12_PACKED_MIP_INFO *packed_mip_info, D3D12_TILE_SHAPE *standard_tile_shape,
         UINT *sub_resource_tiling_count, UINT first_sub_resource_tiling,
diff --git a/tests/d3d12.c b/tests/d3d12.c
index 459637f8..4058aa7c 100644
--- a/tests/d3d12.c
+++ b/tests/d3d12.c
@@ -20482,13 +20482,7 @@ static void test_get_copyable_footprints(void)
             sub_resource_count = resource_desc.MipLevels;
             if (resources[i].dimension != D3D12_RESOURCE_DIMENSION_TEXTURE3D)
                 sub_resource_count *= resource_desc.DepthOrArraySize;
-            if (format_plane_count(resource_desc.Format) > 1)
-            {
-                /* FIXME: we require D3D12_RESOURCE_FLAG_ALLOW_DEPTH_STENCIL here for DS formats but windows doesn't. */
-                if (!vkd3d_test_platform_is_windows())
-                    resource_desc.Flags |= D3D12_RESOURCE_FLAG_ALLOW_DEPTH_STENCIL;
-                sub_resource_count *= 2;
-            }
+            sub_resource_count *= format_plane_count(resource_desc.Format);
             assert(sub_resource_count <= ARRAY_SIZE(layouts));
 
             for (k = 0; k < ARRAY_SIZE(base_offsets); ++k)