diff --git a/src/freedreno/fdl/fd6_layout.c b/src/freedreno/fdl/fd6_layout.c
index 31a8002e87d..906b6c970b5 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/fdl/fd6_layout.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/fdl/fd6_layout.c
@@ -267,10 +267,8 @@ fdl6_layout(struct fdl_layout *layout, const struct fd_dev_info *info,
             if (pitch != fdl_pitch(layout, level - 1) / 2)
                min_3d_layer_size = slice->size0 = nblocksy * pitch;
 
-            /* If the height is now less than the alignment requirement, then
-             * scale it up and let this be the minimum layer size.
-             */
-            if (tile_mode && util_format_get_nblocksy(format, height) < heightalign)
+            /* If the height wouldn't be aligned, stay aligned instead */
+            if (slice->size0 < nblocksy * pitch)
                min_3d_layer_size = slice->size0 = nblocksy * pitch;
 
             /* If the size would become un-page-aligned, stay aligned instead. */
diff --git a/src/freedreno/fdl/fd6_layout_test.c b/src/freedreno/fdl/fd6_layout_test.c
index d45cec660e0..fe9cb6157aa 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/fdl/fd6_layout_test.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/fdl/fd6_layout_test.c
@@ -961,6 +961,40 @@ static const struct testcase
                      },
                },
          },
+
+         /* dEQP-VK.image.texel_view_compatible.graphic.extended.3d_image.texture_read.astc_8x8_unorm_block.r32g32b32a32_uint
+          *
+          * This is an interesting case where the size is 4K-aligned but the
+          * height becomes not aligned, and we have to use MINLAYERSZ to
+          * intervene.
+          *
+          * This test can only use tiled layouts on a750+, and the blob seems
+          * to make this one texture linear rather than deal with the
+          * alignment problem.
+          */
+         {
+            .format = PIPE_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_FLOAT,
+            .is_3d = true,
+            .layout =
+               {
+                  .tile_mode = TILE6_3,
+                  .ubwc = false,
+                  .width0 = 76,
+                  .height0 = 76,
+                  .depth0 = 1,
+                  .slices =
+                     {
+                        {.offset = 0, .pitch = 2048, .size0 = 163840},
+                        {.offset = 163840, .pitch = 1024, .size0 = 49152},
+                        {.offset = 212992, .pitch = 1024, .size0 = 49152},
+                        {.offset = 262144, .pitch = 1024},
+                        {.offset = 311296, .pitch = 1024},
+                        {.offset = 360448, .pitch = 1024},
+                        {.offset = 409600, .pitch = 1024},
+                     },
+               },
+         },
+
 };
 
 /* has_ubwc_linear_mipmap_fallback is supported started from A6XX gen4. */