diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_blorp.c b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_blorp.c
index f14716c154c..a4f5ff15039 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_blorp.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_blorp.c
@@ -546,10 +546,8 @@ copy_buffer_to_image(struct anv_cmd_buffer *cmd_buffer,
       buffer_row_pitch;
 
    /* Some formats have additional restrictions which may cause ISL to
-    * fail to create a surface for us.  Some examples include:
-    *
-    *    1. ASTC formats are not allowed to be LINEAR and must be tiled
-    *    2. YCbCr formats have to have 2-pixel aligned strides
+    * fail to create a surface for us.  For example, YCbCr formats
+    * have to have 2-pixel aligned strides.
     *
     * To avoid these issues, we always bind the buffer as if it's a
     * "normal" format like RGBA32_UINT.  Since we're using blorp_copy,
diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_formats.c b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_formats.c
index 82bd618d183..abaa6a46540 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_formats.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_formats.c
@@ -600,14 +600,16 @@ anv_get_image_format_features2(const struct intel_device_info *devinfo,
 
    enum isl_format base_isl_format = base_plane_format.isl_format;
 
-   /* ASTC textures must be in Y-tiled memory, and we reject compressed formats
-    * with modifiers.
-    */
-   if (vk_tiling != VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL &&
-       isl_format_get_layout(plane_format.isl_format)->txc == ISL_TXC_ASTC)
-      return 0;
-
    if (isl_format_supports_sampling(devinfo, plane_format.isl_format)) {
+      /* ASTC textures must be in Y-tiled memory, and we reject compressed
+       * formats with modifiers. We do however interpret ASTC textures with
+       * uncompressed formats during data transfers.
+       */
+      if (vk_tiling != VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL &&
+          isl_format_get_layout(plane_format.isl_format)->txc == ISL_TXC_ASTC)
+         return VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT_KHR |
+                VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_TRANSFER_DST_BIT_KHR;
+
       flags |= VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT_KHR;
 
       if (devinfo->ver >= 9)