diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_buffer.c b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_buffer.c
index c2707faf8f2..89e14d947ef 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_buffer.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_buffer.c
@@ -176,6 +176,16 @@ VkResult anv_CreateBuffer(
       fprintf(stderr, "=== %s %s:%d flags:0x%08x\n", __func__, __FILE__,
               __LINE__, pCreateInfo->flags);
 
+   if ((pCreateInfo->flags & VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT) &&
+       device->physical->sparse_type == ANV_SPARSE_TYPE_TRTT) {
+      VkBufferUsageFlags2KHR usages = get_buffer_usages(pCreateInfo);
+      if (usages & (VK_BUFFER_USAGE_2_SAMPLER_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT |
+                    VK_BUFFER_USAGE_2_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT)) {
+         return vk_errorf(device, VK_ERROR_UNKNOWN,
+                          "Cannot support sparse descriptor buffers with TRTT.");
+      }
+   }
+
    /* Don't allow creating buffers bigger than our address space.  The real
     * issue here is that we may align up the buffer size and we don't want
     * doing so to cause roll-over.  However, no one has any business
@@ -213,6 +223,14 @@ VkResult anv_CreateBuffer(
             client_address = *((const uint64_t *)opaque_info->opaqueCaptureDescriptorData);
       }
 
+      /* If this buffer will be used as a descriptor buffer, make sure we
+       * allocate it on the correct heap.
+       */
+      if (buffer->vk.usage & (VK_BUFFER_USAGE_2_SAMPLER_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT |
+                              VK_BUFFER_USAGE_2_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT)) {
+         alloc_flags |= ANV_BO_ALLOC_DYNAMIC_VISIBLE_POOL;
+      }
+
       VkResult result = anv_init_sparse_bindings(device, buffer->vk.size,
                                                  &buffer->sparse_data,
                                                  alloc_flags, client_address,