diff --git a/src/intel/blorp/blorp_clear.c b/src/intel/blorp/blorp_clear.c
index 19d3949a4d9..82c334af653 100644
--- a/src/intel/blorp/blorp_clear.c
+++ b/src/intel/blorp/blorp_clear.c
@@ -755,15 +755,15 @@ blorp_clear_stencil_as_rgba(struct blorp_batch *batch,
 {
    assert((batch->flags & BLORP_BATCH_USE_COMPUTE) == 0);
 
+   /* Stencil mask support would require piles of shader magic */
+   if (stencil_mask != 0xff)
+      return false;
+
    /* We only support separate W-tiled stencil for now */
    if (surf->surf->format != ISL_FORMAT_R8_UINT ||
        surf->surf->tiling != ISL_TILING_W)
       return false;
 
-   /* Stencil mask support would require piles of shader magic */
-   if (stencil_mask != 0xff)
-      return false;
-
    if (surf->surf->samples > 1) {
       /* Adjust x0, y0, x1, and y1 to be in units of samples */
       assert(surf->surf->msaa_layout == ISL_MSAA_LAYOUT_INTERLEAVED);