diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeon/r600_texture.c b/src/gallium/drivers/radeon/r600_texture.c
index e39b9ec0316..293eeaa0890 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeon/r600_texture.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeon/r600_texture.c
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ r600_texture_create_object(struct pipe_screen *screen,
 	/* Now create the backing buffer. */
 	if (!buf) {
 		if (!r600_init_resource(rscreen, resource, rtex->size,
-					rtex->surface.bo_alignment, FALSE)) {
+					rtex->surface.bo_alignment, TRUE)) {
 			FREE(rtex);
 			return NULL;
 		}