diff --git a/wgpu-core/src/device/mod.rs b/wgpu-core/src/device/mod.rs
index 59c4f6e92c..2657d6649e 100644
--- a/wgpu-core/src/device/mod.rs
+++ b/wgpu-core/src/device/mod.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ use hal::{
 };
 use parking_lot::{Mutex, MutexGuard};
 use thiserror::Error;
-use wgt::{BufferAddress, BufferSize, InputStepMode, TextureDimension, TextureFormat};
+use wgt::{
+    BufferAddress, BufferSize, InputStepMode, TextureDimension, TextureFormat, TextureViewDimension,
+};
 
 use std::{
     borrow::Cow,
@@ -1477,16 +1479,50 @@ impl<G: GlobalIdentityHandlerFactory> Global<G> {
             .ok_or(resource::CreateTextureViewError::InvalidTexture)?;
         let device = &device_guard[texture.device_id.value];
 
-        let view_kind = match desc.dimension {
-            Some(dim) => conv::map_texture_view_dimension(dim),
-            None => match texture.kind {
-                hal::image::Kind::D1(_, 1) => hal::image::ViewKind::D1,
-                hal::image::Kind::D1(..) => hal::image::ViewKind::D1Array,
-                hal::image::Kind::D2(_, _, 1, _) => hal::image::ViewKind::D2,
-                hal::image::Kind::D2(..) => hal::image::ViewKind::D2Array,
-                hal::image::Kind::D3(..) => hal::image::ViewKind::D3,
-            },
-        };
+        let view_kind =
+            match desc.dimension {
+                Some(dim) => {
+                    use hal::image::Kind;
+
+                    let required_tex_dim = dim.compatible_texture_dimension();
+
+                    if required_tex_dim != texture.dimension {
+                        return Err(
+                            resource::CreateTextureViewError::InvalidTextureViewDimension {
+                                view: dim,
+                                image: texture.dimension,
+                            },
+                        );
+                    }
+
+                    if let Kind::D2(_, _, depth, _) = texture.kind {
+                        match dim {
+                            TextureViewDimension::Cube if depth != 6 => {
+                                return Err(
+                                    resource::CreateTextureViewError::InvalidCubemapTextureDepth {
+                                        depth,
+                                    },
+                                )
+                            }
+                            TextureViewDimension::CubeArray if depth % 6 != 0 => return Err(
+                                resource::CreateTextureViewError::InvalidCubemapArrayTextureDepth {
+                                    depth,
+                                },
+                            ),
+                            _ => {}
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    conv::map_texture_view_dimension(dim)
+                }
+                None => match texture.kind {
+                    hal::image::Kind::D1(_, 1) => hal::image::ViewKind::D1,
+                    hal::image::Kind::D1(..) => hal::image::ViewKind::D1Array,
+                    hal::image::Kind::D2(_, _, 1, _) => hal::image::ViewKind::D2,
+                    hal::image::Kind::D2(..) => hal::image::ViewKind::D2Array,
+                    hal::image::Kind::D3(..) => hal::image::ViewKind::D3,
+                },
+            };
         let required_level_count =
             desc.base_mip_level + desc.level_count.map_or(1, |count| count.get());
         let required_layer_count =
diff --git a/wgpu-core/src/resource.rs b/wgpu-core/src/resource.rs
index 5f4e2427e9..6ed92b3810 100644
--- a/wgpu-core/src/resource.rs
+++ b/wgpu-core/src/resource.rs
@@ -317,6 +317,15 @@ pub enum CreateTextureViewError {
     InvalidTexture,
     #[error("not enough memory left")]
     OutOfMemory,
+    #[error("Invalid texture view dimension `{view:?}` with texture of dimension `{image:?}`")]
+    InvalidTextureViewDimension {
+        view: wgt::TextureViewDimension,
+        image: wgt::TextureDimension,
+    },
+    #[error("Invalid texture depth `{depth}` for texture view of dimension `Cubemap`. Cubemap views must use images of size 6.")]
+    InvalidCubemapTextureDepth { depth: u16 },
+    #[error("Invalid texture depth `{depth}` for texture view of dimension `CubemapArray`. Cubemap views must use images with sizes which are a multiple of 6.")]
+    InvalidCubemapArrayTextureDepth { depth: u16 },
     #[error(
         "TextureView mip level count + base mip level {requested} must be <= Texture mip level count {total}"
     )]
diff --git a/wgpu-types/src/lib.rs b/wgpu-types/src/lib.rs
index 117be55aca..6ed9622a16 100644
--- a/wgpu-types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/wgpu-types/src/lib.rs
@@ -434,6 +434,17 @@ pub enum TextureViewDimension {
     D3,
 }
 
+impl TextureViewDimension {
+    /// Get the texture dimension required fo this texture view dimension.
+    pub fn compatible_texture_dimension(self) -> TextureDimension {
+        match self {
+            Self::D1 => TextureDimension::D1,
+            Self::D2 | Self::D2Array | Self::Cube | Self::CubeArray => TextureDimension::D2,
+            Self::D3 => TextureDimension::D3,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Alpha blend factor.
 ///
 /// Alpha blending is very complicated: see the OpenGL or Vulkan spec for more information.