diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_desc.c b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_desc.c
index 1d97609f012..84591545736 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_desc.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_desc.c
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ pan_fb_color_attachment_should_crc(const struct pan_fb_color_attachment *rt,
    if (!drm_is_afbc(mod))
       return true;
 
+   /* AFBC-P images are read only. */
+   if (!(mod & AFBC_FORMAT_MOD_SPARSE))
+      return false;
+
    /* AFBC render block size must fit in a single pass. */
    renderblk_sz = pan_afbc_renderblock_size(mod);
    if (tile_size < renderblk_sz.width * renderblk_sz.height)