diff --git a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_image.c b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_image.c
index 8088aaa9758..22745a45427 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_image.c
+++ b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_image.c
@@ -592,9 +592,12 @@ nvk_GetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2(
        (pImageFormatInfo->flags & VK_IMAGE_CREATE_DISJOINT_BIT))
       return VK_ERROR_FORMAT_NOT_SUPPORTED;
 
+   /* We don't support sparse residency for multi-plane images.  While we
+    * could probably support sparse for VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8G8_422_UNORM, we
+    * disable it because the standard block sizes are funky.
+    */
    if (ycbcr_info &&
-       ((pImageFormatInfo->flags & VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT) ||
-       (pImageFormatInfo->flags & VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT)))
+       (pImageFormatInfo->flags & VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT))
       return VK_ERROR_FORMAT_NOT_SUPPORTED;
 
    if ((pImageFormatInfo->flags & VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT) &&