diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_afbc.c b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_afbc.c
index 97ff6dc70e5..fed4c54f8ef 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_afbc.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_afbc.c
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ unswizzled_format(enum pipe_format format)
 enum pan_afbc_mode
 panfrost_afbc_format(unsigned arch, enum pipe_format format)
 {
+   /* sRGB does not change the pixel format itself, only the
+    * interpretation. The interpretation is handled by conversion hardware
+    * independent to the compression hardware, so we can compress sRGB
+    * formats by using the corresponding linear format.
+    */
+   format = util_format_linear(format);
+
    /* Luminance-alpha not supported for AFBC on v7+ */
    switch (format) {
    case PIPE_FORMAT_A8_UNORM:
@@ -132,13 +139,6 @@ panfrost_afbc_format(unsigned arch, enum pipe_format format)
       break;
    }
 
-   /* sRGB does not change the pixel format itself, only the
-    * interpretation. The interpretation is handled by conversion hardware
-    * independent to the compression hardware, so we can compress sRGB
-    * formats by using the corresponding linear format.
-    */
-   format = util_format_linear(format);
-
    /* We handle swizzling orthogonally to AFBC */
    format = unswizzled_format(format);