diff --git a/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/Graphics/src/State.cpp b/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/Graphics/src/State.cpp
index e52258b6c..fd89e552f 100644
--- a/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/Graphics/src/State.cpp
+++ b/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/Graphics/src/State.cpp
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ std::optional<ColorMetadataPass> DecodeColorMetadataPass(const QueueState& queue
     if (mode != 2u && mode != 6u && !resolve) return std::nullopt;
     ColorMetadataPass pass{resolve ? ColorMetadataPass::Mode::Resolve : mode == 2u ? ColorMetadataPass::Mode::EliminateFastClear : ColorMetadataPass::Mode::DccDecompress, {}, std::nullopt};
     Require((control->second & ~0x70u) == 0xcc0000u, "CB metadata pass with a nonstandard ROP, dual quads disabled or degamma");
-    Require((read(cx, 0x200) & 0xfu) == 0 && (read(cx, 0x0) & 0xfu) == 0, "CB metadata pass with depth or stencil work");
+    Require(depthPlanesAbsent(cx) || ((read(cx, 0x200) & 0xfu) == 0 && (read(cx, 0x0) & 0xfu) == 0), "CB metadata pass with depth or stencil work");
     const auto samples = resolve ? decodeSamples(cx) : 1u;
     if (!resolve) zero(cx, 0x2f8, ~0u, "multisampling or coverage conversion");
     zero(cx, 0x80, ~0u, "window offset");
diff --git a/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/tests/Graphics.cpp b/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/tests/Graphics.cpp
index 2bb274f96..2a1509837 100644
--- a/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/tests/Graphics.cpp
+++ b/core/libs/prx/libSceAgcDriver/tests/Graphics.cpp
@@ -1527,6 +1527,23 @@ void metadataPassTests() {
     queue.context[0x202] = 0xcc0060;
     queue.context[0x200] = 2;
     expectFailure([&] { DecodeColorMetadataPass(queue); }, "depth or stencil work");
+    queue.context[0x10] = 0x80000180;
+    queue.context[0x11] = 0x20000180;
+    queue.context[0x200] = 0x700763;
+    queue.context[0x0] = 0x20;
+    Require(DecodeColorMetadataPass(queue).has_value(), "depth and stencil state without depth or stencil planes refused the pass");
+    queue.context[0x10] = 0x80000183;
+    expectFailure([&] { DecodeColorMetadataPass(queue); }, "depth or stencil work");
+    queue.context[0x10] = 0x80000180;
+    queue.context[0x11] = 0x20000181;
+    expectFailure([&] { DecodeColorMetadataPass(queue); }, "depth or stencil work");
+    queue.context[0x11] = 0x20000180;
+    queue.context.erase(0x200);
+    queue.context.erase(0x0);
+    Require(DecodeColorMetadataPass(queue).has_value(), "unwritten depth and render control refused a pass without depth or stencil planes");
+    queue.context.erase(0x10);
+    queue.context.erase(0x11);
+    queue.context[0x0] = 0;
     queue.context[0x200] = 0x70;
     Require(DecodeColorMetadataPass(queue).has_value(), "an always-pass depth function without a test refused the pass");
     queue.context[0x91] = 0x40020;