diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_screen.c
index 3d6424e39f6..b32c061491c 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_screen.c
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ virgl_get_param(struct pipe_screen *screen, enum pipe_cap param)
       return vscreen->caps.caps.v2.max_combined_atomic_counters;
    case PIPE_CAP_MAX_COMBINED_HW_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFERS:
       return vscreen->caps.caps.v2.max_combined_atomic_counter_buffers;
+   case PIPE_CAP_TEXTURE_FLOAT_LINEAR:
+   case PIPE_CAP_TEXTURE_HALF_FLOAT_LINEAR:
+      return 1; /* TODO: need to introduce a hw-cap for this */
    case PIPE_CAP_TEXTURE_GATHER_SM5:
    case PIPE_CAP_BUFFER_MAP_PERSISTENT_COHERENT:
    case PIPE_CAP_FAKE_SW_MSAA:
@@ -267,8 +270,6 @@ virgl_get_param(struct pipe_screen *screen, enum pipe_cap param)
    case PIPE_CAP_MULTISAMPLE_Z_RESOLVE:
    case PIPE_CAP_RESOURCE_FROM_USER_MEMORY:
    case PIPE_CAP_DEVICE_RESET_STATUS_QUERY:
-   case PIPE_CAP_TEXTURE_FLOAT_LINEAR:
-   case PIPE_CAP_TEXTURE_HALF_FLOAT_LINEAR:
    case PIPE_CAP_DEPTH_BOUNDS_TEST:
    case PIPE_CAP_SHAREABLE_SHADERS:
    case PIPE_CAP_CLEAR_TEXTURE: