diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/nine/nine_pipe.c b/src/gallium/frontends/nine/nine_pipe.c
index 8f4f11827f5..4792e784a65 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/nine/nine_pipe.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/nine/nine_pipe.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ nine_convert_sampler_state(struct cso_context *ctx, int idx, const DWORD *ss)
     samp.mag_img_filter = (ss[D3DSAMP_MAGFILTER] == D3DTEXF_POINT && !ss[NINED3DSAMP_SHADOW]) ? PIPE_TEX_FILTER_NEAREST : PIPE_TEX_FILTER_LINEAR;
     if (ss[D3DSAMP_MINFILTER] == D3DTEXF_ANISOTROPIC ||
         ss[D3DSAMP_MAGFILTER] == D3DTEXF_ANISOTROPIC)
-        samp.max_anisotropy = ss[D3DSAMP_MAXANISOTROPY];
+        samp.max_anisotropy = MIN2(16, ss[D3DSAMP_MAXANISOTROPY]);
     samp.compare_mode = ss[NINED3DSAMP_SHADOW] ? PIPE_TEX_COMPARE_R_TO_TEXTURE : PIPE_TEX_COMPARE_NONE;
     samp.compare_func = PIPE_FUNC_LEQUAL;
     samp.normalized_coords = 1;