diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_desc.c b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_desc.c
index e173fa06804..b5e4cf9ece5 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_desc.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_desc.c
@@ -837,11 +837,30 @@ pan_force_clean_write(const struct pan_fb_info *fb, unsigned tile_size)
 
 #endif
 
+static void
+check_fb_attachments(const struct pan_fb_info *fb)
+{
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+   for (unsigned i = 0; i < fb->rt_count; i++) {
+      if (fb->rts[i].view)
+         pan_image_view_check(fb->rts[i].view);
+   }
+
+   if (fb->zs.view.zs)
+      pan_image_view_check(fb->zs.view.zs);
+
+   if (fb->zs.view.s)
+      pan_image_view_check(fb->zs.view.s);
+#endif
+}
+
 unsigned
 GENX(pan_emit_fbd)(const struct pan_fb_info *fb, unsigned layer_idx,
                    const struct pan_tls_info *tls,
                    const struct pan_tiler_context *tiler_ctx, void *out)
 {
+   check_fb_attachments(fb);
+
    void *fbd = out;
    void *rtd = out + pan_size(FRAMEBUFFER);
 
diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_image.h b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_image.h
index c3b8764db96..fab92f7ab09 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_image.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_image.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include "pan_format.h"
 #include "pan_layout.h"
 
+#include "util/log.h"
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
@@ -221,6 +223,44 @@ pan_iview_get_surface(const struct pan_image_view *iview, unsigned level,
    }
 }
 
+static inline void
+pan_image_view_check(const struct pan_image_view *iview)
+{
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+   unsigned nplanes = util_format_get_num_planes(iview->format);
+   struct pan_image_plane_ref pref;
+
+   for (unsigned i = 0; i < nplanes; i++) {
+      if (util_format_is_depth_or_stencil(iview->format)) {
+         const struct util_format_description *fdesc =
+            util_format_description(iview->format);
+
+         if (util_format_has_stencil(fdesc))
+            pref = pan_image_view_get_s_plane(iview);
+         else
+            pref = pan_image_view_get_zs_plane(iview);
+      } else {
+         pref = iview->planes[i];
+      }
+
+      /* Make sure we have an image and the plane we point to exists. */
+      assert(pref.image);
+      assert(pref.plane_idx <
+             util_format_get_num_planes(pref.image->props.format));
+
+      enum pipe_format view_format =
+         util_format_get_plane_format(iview->format, i);
+      enum pipe_format img_format =
+         util_format_get_plane_format(pref.image->props.format, pref.plane_idx);
+
+      /* View-based pixel re-interpretation only allowed if the formats
+       * blocksize match. */
+      assert(util_format_get_blocksize(view_format) ==
+             util_format_get_blocksize(img_format));
+   }
+#endif
+}
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 } /* extern C */
 #endif
diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_texture.c b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_texture.c
index eabc1a03a08..5bdeae86184 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_texture.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_texture.c
@@ -837,6 +837,8 @@ GENX(pan_sampled_texture_emit)(const struct pan_image_view *iview,
                                struct mali_texture_packed *out,
                                const struct pan_ptr *payload)
 {
+   pan_image_view_check(iview);
+
    const struct util_format_description *desc =
       util_format_description(iview->format);
    const struct pan_image_plane_ref first_plane = pan_image_view_get_first_plane(iview);
@@ -892,6 +894,8 @@ GENX(pan_storage_texture_emit)(const struct pan_image_view *iview,
                                struct mali_texture_packed *out,
                                const struct pan_ptr *payload)
 {
+   pan_image_view_check(iview);
+
    const struct util_format_description *desc =
       util_format_description(iview->format);
    const struct pan_image_plane_ref first_plane =