diff --git a/src/freedreno/common/freedreno_dev_info.h b/src/freedreno/common/freedreno_dev_info.h
index 6de3d4eff77..bb00323b6e5 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/common/freedreno_dev_info.h
+++ b/src/freedreno/common/freedreno_dev_info.h
@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ struct fd_dev_info {
       /* Whether a single clear blit could be used for both sysmem and gmem.*/
       bool has_generic_clear;
 
+      /* Whether r8g8 UBWC fast-clear work correctly. */
+      bool r8g8_faulty_fast_clear_quirk;
+
       /* a750 has a bug where writing and then reading a UBWC-compressed IBO
        * requires flushing UCHE. This is reproducible in many CTS tests, for
        * example dEQP-VK.image.load_store.with_format.2d.*.
diff --git a/src/freedreno/common/freedreno_devices.py b/src/freedreno/common/freedreno_devices.py
index 3e44524e755..205caba0e37 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/common/freedreno_devices.py
+++ b/src/freedreno/common/freedreno_devices.py
@@ -897,6 +897,7 @@ a7xx_750 = A7XXProps(
         ubwc_unorm_snorm_int_compatible = True,
         supports_ibo_ubwc = True,
         has_generic_clear = True,
+        r8g8_faulty_fast_clear_quirk = True,
         gs_vpc_adjacency_quirk = True,
         storage_8bit = True,
         ubwc_all_formats_compatible = True,
diff --git a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_clear_blit.cc b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_clear_blit.cc
index fca5f66aeeb..9411838002a 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_clear_blit.cc
+++ b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_clear_blit.cc
@@ -3274,12 +3274,18 @@ static bool
 use_generic_clear_for_image_clear(struct tu_cmd_buffer *cmd,
                                   struct tu_image *image)
 {
-   return cmd->device->physical_device->info->a7xx.has_generic_clear &&
+   const struct fd_dev_info *info = cmd->device->physical_device->info;
+   return info->a7xx.has_generic_clear &&
           /* A7XX supports R9G9B9E5_FLOAT as color attachment and supports
            * generic clears for it. A7XX TODO: allow R9G9B9E5_FLOAT
            * attachments.
            */
-          image->vk.format != VK_FORMAT_E5B9G9R9_UFLOAT_PACK32;
+          image->vk.format != VK_FORMAT_E5B9G9R9_UFLOAT_PACK32 &&
+          /* Clearing VK_FORMAT_R8G8_* with fast-clear value, certain
+           * dimensions (e.g. 960x540), and having GMEM renderpass afterwards
+           * may lead to a GPU fault on A7XX.
+           */
+          !(info->a7xx.r8g8_faulty_fast_clear_quirk && image_is_r8g8(image));
 }
 
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