diff --git a/src/freedreno/ci/deqp-freedreno-a630-skips.txt b/src/freedreno/ci/deqp-freedreno-a630-skips.txt
index f9cab0aa952..542314d0417 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ci/deqp-freedreno-a630-skips.txt
+++ b/src/freedreno/ci/deqp-freedreno-a630-skips.txt
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 # Note normal pre-merge CI also includes -premerge-skips.txt, and that's where
 # "it's slow but would pass/fail/crash within a couple of minutes" skips should go.
 
-# Crashes likely caused by https://gitlab.khronos.org/Tracker/vk-gl-cts/-/issues/2701
-dEQP-VK.synchronization.cross_instance.*binary_semaphore_fence_fd
-
 # Timeouts in CI even after 5 minutes
 dEQP-VK.tessellation.invariance.outer_edge_division.quads_equal_spacing
 dEQP-VK.tessellation.invariance.outer_edge_division.quads_fractional_even_spacing
diff --git a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_drm.c b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_drm.c
index a3a1b888fae..ae8c037beb9 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_drm.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_drm.c
@@ -658,7 +658,16 @@ sync_import(VkDevice _device, struct tu_syncobj *sync, bool temporary, bool sync
       *dst = handle.handle;
       close(fd);
    } else {
-      assert(temporary);
+      /* Note: SEMAPHORE_HANDLE_TYPE_SYNC_FD_BIT is always temporary, but the
+       * user doesn't have to specify the temporary bit because that's only
+       * needed for choosing a permanence when there's an option.
+       *
+       * "VK_SEMAPHORE_IMPORT_TEMPORARY_BIT specifies that the semaphore payload
+       * will be imported only temporarily, as described in Importing Semaphore
+       * Payloads, regardless of the permanence of handleType"
+       *
+       * https://gitlab.khronos.org/Tracker/vk-gl-cts/-/issues/2701
+       */
 
       struct drm_syncobj_create create = {};