diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
index 884804274dfb1..e8c08e4a5eff9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
@@ -1283,7 +1283,6 @@ static int vmw_kms_new_framebuffer_surface(struct vmw_private *dev_priv,
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = &dev_priv->drm;
 	struct vmw_framebuffer_surface *vfbs;
-	enum SVGA3dSurfaceFormat format;
 	struct vmw_surface *surface;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1320,34 +1319,6 @@ static int vmw_kms_new_framebuffer_surface(struct vmw_private *dev_priv,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	switch (mode_cmd->pixel_format) {
-	case DRM_FORMAT_ARGB8888:
-		format = SVGA3D_A8R8G8B8;
-		break;
-	case DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888:
-		format = SVGA3D_X8R8G8B8;
-		break;
-	case DRM_FORMAT_RGB565:
-		format = SVGA3D_R5G6B5;
-		break;
-	case DRM_FORMAT_XRGB1555:
-		format = SVGA3D_A1R5G5B5;
-		break;
-	default:
-		DRM_ERROR("Invalid pixel format: %p4cc\n",
-			  &mode_cmd->pixel_format);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * For DX, surface format validation is done when surface->scanout
-	 * is set.
-	 */
-	if (!has_sm4_context(dev_priv) && format != surface->metadata.format) {
-		DRM_ERROR("Invalid surface format for requested mode.\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	vfbs = kzalloc(sizeof(*vfbs), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vfbs) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c
index 1625b30d99700..5721c74da3e0b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c
@@ -2276,9 +2276,12 @@ int vmw_dumb_create(struct drm_file *file_priv,
 	const struct SVGA3dSurfaceDesc *desc = vmw_surface_get_desc(format);
 	SVGA3dSurfaceAllFlags flags = SVGA3D_SURFACE_HINT_TEXTURE |
 				      SVGA3D_SURFACE_HINT_RENDERTARGET |
-				      SVGA3D_SURFACE_SCREENTARGET |
-				      SVGA3D_SURFACE_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE |
-				      SVGA3D_SURFACE_BIND_RENDER_TARGET;
+				      SVGA3D_SURFACE_SCREENTARGET;
+
+	if (vmw_surface_is_dx_screen_target_format(format)) {
+		flags |= SVGA3D_SURFACE_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE |
+			 SVGA3D_SURFACE_BIND_RENDER_TARGET;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Without mob support we're just going to use raw memory buffer