diff --git a/src/freedreno/fdl/fd6_view.c b/src/freedreno/fdl/fd6_view.c
index fb5acdf36e5..e950953b375 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/fdl/fd6_view.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/fdl/fd6_view.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ fdl6_tex_type(enum fdl_view_type type, bool storage)
    STATIC_ASSERT((unsigned) FDL_VIEW_TYPE_2D == (unsigned) A6XX_TEX_2D);
    STATIC_ASSERT((unsigned) FDL_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE == (unsigned) A6XX_TEX_CUBE);
    STATIC_ASSERT((unsigned) FDL_VIEW_TYPE_3D == (unsigned) A6XX_TEX_3D);
+   STATIC_ASSERT((unsigned) FDL_VIEW_TYPE_BUFFER == (unsigned) A6XX_TEX_BUFFER);
 
    return (storage && type == FDL_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE) ?
       A6XX_TEX_2D : (enum a6xx_tex_type) type;
@@ -392,7 +393,8 @@ fdl6_buffer_view_init(uint32_t *descriptor, enum pipe_format format,
       COND(util_format_is_srgb(format), A6XX_TEX_CONST_0_SRGB);
    descriptor[1] = A6XX_TEX_CONST_1_WIDTH(elements & ((1 << 15) - 1)) |
                    A6XX_TEX_CONST_1_HEIGHT(elements >> 15);
-   descriptor[2] = A6XX_TEX_CONST_2_UNK4 | A6XX_TEX_CONST_2_UNK31;
+   descriptor[2] = A6XX_TEX_CONST_2_BUFFER |
+                   A6XX_TEX_CONST_2_TYPE(A6XX_TEX_BUFFER);
    descriptor[4] = iova;
    descriptor[5] = iova >> 32;
 }
diff --git a/src/freedreno/fdl/freedreno_layout.h b/src/freedreno/fdl/freedreno_layout.h
index 207aea04224..37a565b338d 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/fdl/freedreno_layout.h
+++ b/src/freedreno/fdl/freedreno_layout.h
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ enum fdl_view_type {
    FDL_VIEW_TYPE_2D = 1,
    FDL_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE = 2,
    FDL_VIEW_TYPE_3D = 3,
+   FDL_VIEW_TYPE_BUFFER = 4,
 };
 
 enum fdl_chroma_location {
diff --git a/src/freedreno/registers/adreno/a6xx.xml b/src/freedreno/registers/adreno/a6xx.xml
index 4a966dee8f0..567eb46385c 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/registers/adreno/a6xx.xml
+++ b/src/freedreno/registers/adreno/a6xx.xml
@@ -3785,6 +3785,7 @@ to upconvert to 32b float internally?
 		<value name="A6XX_TEX_2D" value="1"/>
 		<value name="A6XX_TEX_CUBE" value="2"/>
 		<value name="A6XX_TEX_3D" value="3"/>
+		<value name="A6XX_TEX_BUFFER" value="4"/>
 	</enum>
 	<reg32 offset="0" name="0">
 		<bitfield name="TILE_MODE" low="0" high="1" type="a6xx_tile_mode"/>
@@ -3813,13 +3814,12 @@ to upconvert to 32b float internally?
 		b31 is probably the 'BUFFER' bit.. it is the one that changes
 		behavior of texture in dEQP-GLES31.functional.texture.texture_buffer.render.as_fragment_texture.buffer_size_131071
 		 -->
-		<bitfield name="UNK4" pos="4" type="boolean"/>
+		<bitfield name="BUFFER" pos="4" type="boolean"/>
                 <!-- minimum pitch (for mipmap levels): log2(pitchalign / 64) -->
 		<bitfield name="PITCHALIGN" low="0" high="3" type="uint"/>
 		<doc>Pitch in bytes (so actually stride)</doc>
 		<bitfield name="PITCH" low="7" high="28" type="uint"/>
-		<bitfield name="TYPE" low="29" high="30" type="a6xx_tex_type"/>
-		<bitfield name="UNK31" pos="31" type="boolean"/>
+		<bitfield name="TYPE" low="29" high="31" type="a6xx_tex_type"/>
 	</reg32>
 	<reg32 offset="3" name="3">
 		<!--