diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/nine/adapter9.c b/src/gallium/frontends/nine/adapter9.c
index 2097cc1c751..9853ba76ab5 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/nine/adapter9.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/nine/adapter9.c
@@ -339,6 +339,10 @@ NineAdapter9_CheckDeviceFormat( struct NineAdapter9 *This,
         bind |= d3d9_get_pipe_depth_format_bindings(CheckFormat);
     }
 
+    if ((Usage & D3DUSAGE_QUERY_VERTEXTEXTURE) &&
+        !screen->get_shader_param(screen, PIPE_SHADER_VERTEX, PIPE_SHADER_CAP_MAX_TEXTURE_SAMPLERS))
+        return D3DERR_NOTAVAILABLE;
+
     /* API hack because setting RT[0] to NULL is forbidden */
     if (CheckFormat == D3DFMT_NULL && bind == PIPE_BIND_RENDER_TARGET &&
         (RType == D3DRTYPE_SURFACE ||