diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_blitter.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_blitter.c
index 21c1ba0f723..8ca0d958f53 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_blitter.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_blitter.c
@@ -1136,12 +1136,15 @@ fd6_blit(struct fd_context *ctx, const struct pipe_blit_info *info) assert_dt
 void
 fd6_blitter_init(struct pipe_context *pctx) disable_thread_safety_analysis
 {
-   fd_context(pctx)->clear_ubwc = fd6_clear_ubwc;
+   struct fd_context *ctx = fd_context(pctx);
+
+   ctx->clear_ubwc = fd6_clear_ubwc;
+   ctx->validate_format = fd6_validate_format;
 
    if (FD_DBG(NOBLIT))
       return;
 
-   fd_context(pctx)->blit = fd6_blit;
+   ctx->blit = fd6_blit;
 }
 
 unsigned
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_blitter.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_blitter.c
index 8f2f3b1b9e3..bc237914ab4 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_blitter.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_blitter.c
@@ -129,6 +129,19 @@ fd_blitter_blit(struct fd_context *ctx, const struct pipe_blit_info *info)
    struct pipe_sampler_view src_templ, *src_view;
    bool discard = false;
 
+   /* The blit format may not match the resource format in this path, so
+    * we need to validate that we can use the src/dst resource with the
+    * requested format (and uncompress if necessary).  Normally this would
+    * happen in ->set_sampler_view(), ->set_framebuffer_state(), etc.  But
+    * that would cause recursion back into u_blitter, which ends in tears.
+    *
+    * To avoid recursion, this needs to be done before util_blitter_save_*()
+    */
+   if (ctx->validate_format) {
+      ctx->validate_format(ctx, fd_resource(dst), info->dst.format);
+      ctx->validate_format(ctx, fd_resource(src), info->src.format);
+   }
+
    if (!info->scissor_enable && !info->alpha_blend) {
       discard = util_texrange_covers_whole_level(
          info->dst.resource, info->dst.level, info->dst.box.x, info->dst.box.y,
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_context.h b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_context.h
index dc2a97843ca..5438da48589 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_context.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_context.h
@@ -502,6 +502,10 @@ struct fd_context {
    bool (*blit)(struct fd_context *ctx, const struct pipe_blit_info *info) dt;
    void (*clear_ubwc)(struct fd_batch *batch, struct fd_resource *rsc) dt;
 
+   /* uncompress resource, if necessary, to use as the specified format: */
+   void (*validate_format)(struct fd_context *ctx, struct fd_resource *rsc,
+                           enum pipe_format format) dt;
+
    /* handling for barriers: */
    void (*framebuffer_barrier)(struct fd_context *ctx) dt;