diff --git a/src/intel/isl/isl_surface_state.c b/src/intel/isl/isl_surface_state.c
index 4cbcd64d28e..914889d8a90 100644
--- a/src/intel/isl/isl_surface_state.c
+++ b/src/intel/isl/isl_surface_state.c
@@ -439,6 +439,19 @@ isl_genX(surf_fill_state_s)(const struct isl_device *dev, void *state,
    s.CubeFaceEnableNegativeX = 1;
 
 #if GFX_VER >= 6
+   /* From the Broadwell PRM for "Number of Multisamples":
+    *
+    *    "If this field is any value other than MULTISAMPLECOUNT_1, Surface
+    *    Min LOD, Mip Count / LOD, and Resource Min LOD must be set to zero."
+    *
+    * This is fine because no 3D API allows multisampling and mipmapping at
+    * the same time.
+    */
+   if (info->surf->samples > 1) {
+      assert(info->view->min_lod_clamp == 0);
+      assert(info->view->base_level == 0);
+      assert(info->view->levels == 1);
+   }
    s.NumberofMultisamples = ffs(info->surf->samples) - 1;
 #if GFX_VER >= 7
    s.MultisampledSurfaceStorageFormat =