diff --git a/src/libGLESv2/renderer/d3d11/Renderer11.cpp b/src/libGLESv2/renderer/d3d11/Renderer11.cpp
index 72fbe0e..32c55fc 100644
--- a/src/libGLESv2/renderer/d3d11/Renderer11.cpp
+++ b/src/libGLESv2/renderer/d3d11/Renderer11.cpp
@@ -786,7 +786,13 @@
                 "setting the default depth stencil state.");
         }
 
-        mDeviceContext->OMSetDepthStencilState(dxDepthStencilState, static_cast<UINT>(stencilRef));
+        // Max D3D11 stencil reference value is 0xFF, corresponding to the max 8 bits in a stencil buffer
+        // GL specifies we should clamp the ref value to the nearest bit depth when doing stencil ops
+        META_ASSERT(D3D11_DEFAULT_STENCIL_READ_MASK == 0xFF);
+        META_ASSERT(D3D11_DEFAULT_STENCIL_WRITE_MASK == 0xFF);
+        UINT stencilRef = std::min(stencilRef, 0xFFu);
+
+        mDeviceContext->OMSetDepthStencilState(dxDepthStencilState, stencilRef);
 
         mCurDepthStencilState = depthStencilState;
         mCurStencilRef = stencilRef;