diff --git a/external/vulkancts/modules/vulkan/pipeline/vktPipelineImageSamplingInstance.cpp b/external/vulkancts/modules/vulkan/pipeline/vktPipelineImageSamplingInstance.cpp
index 310910a..6ea4ac6 100644
--- a/external/vulkancts/modules/vulkan/pipeline/vktPipelineImageSamplingInstance.cpp
+++ b/external/vulkancts/modules/vulkan/pipeline/vktPipelineImageSamplingInstance.cpp
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@
 	if (!isSupportedSamplableFormat(context.getInstanceInterface(), context.getPhysicalDevice(), imageFormat))
 		throw tcu::NotSupportedError(std::string("Unsupported format for sampling: ") + getFormatName(imageFormat));
 
+	if ((deUint32)imageCount > context.getDeviceProperties().limits.maxColorAttachments)
+		throw tcu::NotSupportedError(std::string("Unsupported render target count: ") + de::toString(imageCount));
+
 	if ((samplerParams.minFilter == VK_FILTER_LINEAR ||
 		 samplerParams.magFilter == VK_FILTER_LINEAR ||
 		 samplerParams.mipmapMode == VK_SAMPLER_MIPMAP_MODE_LINEAR) &&