diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_sdma.c b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_sdma.c
index e32a16de2b9..dbab3356661 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_sdma.c
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_sdma.c
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ radv_sdma_get_surf(const struct radv_device *const device, const struct radv_ima
    const uint64_t va = binding->addr;
    const uint32_t bpe = radv_sdma_get_bpe(image, subresource.aspectMask);
    struct radv_sdma_surf info = {
+      .format = image->vk.format,
       .extent =
          {
             .width = vk_format_get_plane_width(image->vk.format, plane_idx, image->vk.extent.width),
@@ -813,6 +814,14 @@ radv_sdma_use_t2t_scanline_copy(const struct radv_device *device, const struct r
        !util_is_aligned(dst_offset_blk.z, alignment->depth))
       return true;
 
+   if (ver < SDMA_6_0 && ((src->format == VK_FORMAT_S8_UINT && vk_format_is_color(dst->format)) ||
+                          (vk_format_is_color(src->format) && dst->format == VK_FORMAT_S8_UINT))) {
+      /* For weird reasons, color<->stencil only T2T subwindow copies on SDMA4-5 don't work as
+       * expected, and the driver needs to fallback to scanline copies to workaround them.
+       */
+      return true;
+   }
+
    return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_sdma.h b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_sdma.h
index 62818ee2ad2..098365a8bb4 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_sdma.h
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_sdma.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 struct radv_sdma_surf {
+   VkFormat format;         /* Image format. */
    VkExtent3D extent;       /* Image extent. */
    VkOffset3D offset;       /* Image offset. */
    uint64_t va;             /* Virtual address of image data. */