diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_physical_device.c b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_physical_device.c
index ad7cd9a5a27..51a84bb2791 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_physical_device.c
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_physical_device.c
@@ -1458,6 +1458,7 @@ radv_get_compiler_string(struct radv_physical_device *pdev)
 static void
 radv_get_physical_device_properties(struct radv_physical_device *pdev)
 {
+   const struct radv_instance *instance = radv_physical_device_instance(pdev);
    VkSampleCountFlags sample_counts = 0xf;
 
    size_t max_descriptor_set_size = radv_max_descriptor_set_size();
@@ -1469,7 +1470,8 @@ radv_get_physical_device_properties(struct radv_physical_device *pdev)
       device_type = VK_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TYPE_INTEGRATED_GPU;
    }
 
-   bool has_fp16 = pdev->info.has_packed_math_16bit;
+   bool has_fp16 = pdev->info.has_packed_math_16bit ||
+      (pdev->info.gfx_level == GFX8 && instance->drirc.features.expose_float16_gfx8);
 
    VkShaderStageFlags taskmesh_stages =
       radv_taskmesh_enabled(pdev) ? VK_SHADER_STAGE_MESH_BIT_EXT | VK_SHADER_STAGE_TASK_BIT_EXT : 0;