diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_tex_layout.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_tex_layout.c
index c77c0cefce5..ec7c6c4daa0 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_tex_layout.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_tex_layout.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ intel_horizontal_texture_alignment_unit(struct brw_context *brw,
 
 static unsigned int
 intel_vertical_texture_alignment_unit(struct brw_context *brw,
-                                      mesa_format format, bool multisampled)
+                                      const struct intel_mipmap_tree *mt)
 {
    /**
     * From the "Alignment Unit Size" section of various specs, namely:
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@ intel_vertical_texture_alignment_unit(struct brw_context *brw,
     * Where "*" means either VALIGN_2 or VALIGN_4 depending on the setting of
     * the SURFACE_STATE "Surface Vertical Alignment" field.
     */
-   if (_mesa_is_format_compressed(format))
+   if (_mesa_is_format_compressed(mt->format))
       /* See comment above for the horizontal alignment */
       return brw->gen >= 9 ? 16 : 4;
 
-   if (format == MESA_FORMAT_S_UINT8)
+   if (mt->format == MESA_FORMAT_S_UINT8)
       return brw->gen >= 7 ? 8 : 4;
 
    /* Broadwell only supports VALIGN of 4, 8, and 16.  The BSpec says 4
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ intel_vertical_texture_alignment_unit(struct brw_context *brw,
    if (brw->gen >= 8)
       return 4;
 
-   if (multisampled)
+   if (mt->num_samples > 1)
       return 4;
 
-   GLenum base_format = _mesa_get_format_base_format(format);
+   GLenum base_format = _mesa_get_format_base_format(mt->format);
 
    if (brw->gen >= 6 &&
        (base_format == GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT ||
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ intel_vertical_texture_alignment_unit(struct brw_context *brw,
        *
        *     VALIGN_4 is not supported for surface format R32G32B32_FLOAT.
        */
-      if (base_format == GL_YCBCR_MESA || format == MESA_FORMAT_RGB_FLOAT32)
+      if (base_format == GL_YCBCR_MESA || mt->format == MESA_FORMAT_RGB_FLOAT32)
          return 2;
 
       return 4;
@@ -566,7 +566,6 @@ brw_miptree_layout(struct brw_context *brw,
                    enum intel_miptree_tiling_mode requested,
                    struct intel_mipmap_tree *mt)
 {
-   bool multisampled = mt->num_samples > 1;
    bool gen6_hiz_or_stencil = false;
 
    if (brw->gen == 6 && mt->array_layout == ALL_SLICES_AT_EACH_LOD) {
@@ -599,8 +598,7 @@ brw_miptree_layout(struct brw_context *brw,
       }
    } else {
       mt->align_w = intel_horizontal_texture_alignment_unit(brw, mt);
-      mt->align_h =
-         intel_vertical_texture_alignment_unit(brw, mt->format, multisampled);
+      mt->align_h = intel_vertical_texture_alignment_unit(brw, mt);
    }
 
    switch (mt->target) {