diff --git a/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_cb_readpixels.c b/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_cb_readpixels.c
index 642ea0df032..5a3be69a4fe 100644
--- a/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_cb_readpixels.c
+++ b/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_cb_readpixels.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ static bool
 try_pbo_readpixels(struct st_context *st, struct st_renderbuffer *strb,
                    bool invert_y,
                    GLint x, GLint y, GLsizei width, GLsizei height,
+                   GLenum gl_format,
                    enum pipe_format src_format, enum pipe_format dst_format,
                    const struct gl_pixelstore_attrib *pack, void *pixels)
 {
@@ -111,6 +112,12 @@ try_pbo_readpixels(struct st_context *st, struct st_renderbuffer *strb,
    enum pipe_texture_target view_target;
    bool success = false;
 
+   /* Make sure we have stencil format in case of GL_STENCIL_INDEX to
+    * create correct type of a sampler view.
+    */
+   if (gl_format == GL_STENCIL_INDEX)
+      src_format = util_format_stencil_only(src_format);
+
    if (texture->nr_samples > 1)
       return false;
 
@@ -474,7 +481,7 @@ st_ReadPixels(struct gl_context *ctx, GLint x, GLint y,
       if (try_pbo_readpixels(st, strb,
                              st_fb_orientation(ctx->ReadBuffer) == Y_0_TOP,
                              x, y, width, height,
-                             src_format, dst_format,
+                             format, src_format, dst_format,
                              pack, pixels))
          return;
    }