diff --git a/src/compiler/shader_info.h b/src/compiler/shader_info.h
index 0b67082a732..45ba2982884 100644
--- a/src/compiler/shader_info.h
+++ b/src/compiler/shader_info.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ struct spirv_supported_capabilities {
    bool transform_feedback;
    bool trinary_minmax;
    bool variable_pointers;
+   bool float16;
 };
 
 typedef struct shader_info {
diff --git a/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c b/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c
index ef12e21eaa6..99bf649e57e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c
+++ b/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c
@@ -3561,7 +3561,6 @@ vtn_handle_preamble_instruction(struct vtn_builder *b, SpvOp opcode,
       case SpvCapabilityLinkage:
       case SpvCapabilityVector16:
       case SpvCapabilityFloat16Buffer:
-      case SpvCapabilityFloat16:
       case SpvCapabilitySparseResidency:
          vtn_warn("Unsupported SPIR-V capability: %s",
                   spirv_capability_to_string(cap));
@@ -3731,6 +3730,10 @@ vtn_handle_preamble_instruction(struct vtn_builder *b, SpvOp opcode,
          spv_check_supported(derivative_group, cap);
          break;
 
+      case SpvCapabilityFloat16:
+         spv_check_supported(float16, cap);
+         break;
+
       default:
          vtn_fail("Unhandled capability");
       }