diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_context.c b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_context.c
index 2d46a90ddb4..08ca0a204d3 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_context.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_context.c
@@ -488,6 +488,14 @@ nvc0_create(struct pipe_screen *pscreen, void *priv, unsigned ctxflags)
    if (!screen->tsc.entries[0])
       nvc0_upload_tsc0(nvc0);
 
+   // On Fermi, mark samplers dirty so that the proper binding can happen
+   if (screen->base.class_3d < NVE4_3D_CLASS) {
+      for (int s = 0; s < 6; s++)
+         nvc0->samplers_dirty[s] = 1;
+      nvc0->dirty_3d |= NVC0_NEW_3D_SAMPLERS;
+      nvc0->dirty_cp |= NVC0_NEW_CP_SAMPLERS;
+   }
+
    return pipe;
 
 out_err:
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_tex.c b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_tex.c
index 1ec55f5b8ab..04f0a0d55da 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_tex.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_tex.c
@@ -657,6 +657,19 @@ nvc0_validate_tsc(struct nvc0_context *nvc0, int s)
 
    nvc0->state.num_samplers[s] = nvc0->num_samplers[s];
 
+   // TXF, in unlinked tsc mode, will always use sampler 0. So we have to
+   // ensure that it remains bound. Its contents don't matter, all samplers we
+   // ever create have the SRGB_CONVERSION bit set, so as long as the first
+   // entry is initialized, we're good to go. This is the only bit that has
+   // any effect on what TXF does.
+   if ((nvc0->samplers_dirty[s] & 1) && !nvc0->samplers[s][0]) {
+      if (n == 0)
+         n = 1;
+      // We're guaranteed that the first command refers to the first slot, so
+      // we're not overwriting a valid entry.
+      commands[0] = (0 << 12) | (0 << 4) | 1;
+   }
+
    if (n) {
       if (unlikely(s == 5))
          BEGIN_NIC0(push, NVC0_CP(BIND_TSC), n);