diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/lavapipe/lvp_image.c b/src/gallium/frontends/lavapipe/lvp_image.c
index 1d4cf165f3b..142573dd6ec 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/lavapipe/lvp_image.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/lavapipe/lvp_image.c
@@ -38,6 +38,28 @@ lvp_image_create(VkDevice _device,
 
    assert(pCreateInfo->sType == VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_CREATE_INFO);
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBDRM
+   unsigned num_layouts = 1;
+   const VkSubresourceLayout *layouts = NULL;
+   enum pipe_format pipe_format = lvp_vk_format_to_pipe_format(pCreateInfo->format);
+   const VkImageDrmFormatModifierExplicitCreateInfoEXT *modinfo = (void*)vk_find_struct_const(pCreateInfo->pNext,
+                                                                  IMAGE_DRM_FORMAT_MODIFIER_EXPLICIT_CREATE_INFO_EXT);
+
+   if (modinfo && pCreateInfo->tiling == VK_IMAGE_TILING_DRM_FORMAT_MODIFIER_EXT) {
+      assert(modinfo->drmFormatModifier == DRM_FORMAT_MOD_LINEAR);
+      assert(modinfo->drmFormatModifierPlaneCount == util_format_get_num_planes(pipe_format));
+      num_layouts = modinfo->drmFormatModifierPlaneCount;
+      layouts = modinfo->pPlaneLayouts;
+   }
+
+   /* planar not supported yet */
+   assert(num_layouts == 1);
+   if (num_layouts > 1) {
+      mesa_loge("lavapipe: planar drm formats are not supported");
+      return VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY;
+   }
+#endif
+
    image = vk_image_create(&device->vk, pCreateInfo, alloc, sizeof(*image));
    if (image == NULL)
       return vk_error(device, VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY);