diff --git a/dlls/wined3d/resource.c b/dlls/wined3d/resource.c
index ca322b27b61..6138764971f 100644
--- a/dlls/wined3d/resource.c
+++ b/dlls/wined3d/resource.c
@@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ HRESULT resource_init(struct wined3d_resource *resource, struct wined3d_device *
 {
     const struct wined3d *d3d = device->wined3d;
 
+    resource_check_usage(usage);
+    if (pool != WINED3D_POOL_SCRATCH)
+    {
+        if ((usage & WINED3DUSAGE_RENDERTARGET) && !(format->flags & WINED3DFMT_FLAG_RENDERTARGET))
+            return WINED3DERR_INVALIDCALL;
+    }
+
     resource->ref = 1;
     resource->device = device;
     resource->type = type;
@@ -106,8 +113,6 @@ HRESULT resource_init(struct wined3d_resource *resource, struct wined3d_device *
     resource->resource_ops = resource_ops;
     list_init(&resource->privateData);
 
-    resource_check_usage(usage);
-
     if (size)
     {
         resource->heap_memory = wined3d_resource_allocate_sysmem(size);