diff --git a/player/src/main.rs b/player/src/main.rs
index e4638f32d5..e6c7143b68 100644
--- a/player/src/main.rs
+++ b/player/src/main.rs
@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@ impl GlobalExt for wgc::hub::Global<IdentityPassThroughFactory> {
                         entries_length: entries.len(),
                     },
                     id,
-                );
+                )
+                .unwrap();
             }
             A::DestroyBindGroupLayout(id) => {
                 self.bind_group_layout_destroy::<B>(id);
diff --git a/wgpu-core/src/binding_model.rs b/wgpu-core/src/binding_model.rs
index dc726c3221..f749365994 100644
--- a/wgpu-core/src/binding_model.rs
+++ b/wgpu-core/src/binding_model.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,38 @@ pub struct BindGroupLayoutEntry {
     pub storage_texture_format: wgt::TextureFormat,
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub enum BindGroupLayoutEntryError {
+    NoVisibility,
+    UnexpectedHasDynamicOffset,
+    UnexpectedMultisampled,
+}
+
+impl BindGroupLayoutEntry {
+    pub(crate) fn validate(&self) -> Result<(), BindGroupLayoutEntryError> {
+        if self.visibility.is_empty() {
+            return Err(BindGroupLayoutEntryError::NoVisibility);
+        }
+        match self.ty {
+            BindingType::UniformBuffer | BindingType::StorageBuffer => {}
+            _ => {
+                if self.has_dynamic_offset {
+                    return Err(BindGroupLayoutEntryError::UnexpectedHasDynamicOffset);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        match self.ty {
+            BindingType::SampledTexture => {}
+            _ => {
+                if self.multisampled {
+                    return Err(BindGroupLayoutEntryError::UnexpectedMultisampled);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct BindGroupLayoutDescriptor {
@@ -55,6 +87,12 @@ pub struct BindGroupLayoutDescriptor {
     pub entries_length: usize,
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub enum BindGroupLayoutError {
+    ConflictBinding(u32),
+    Entry(u32, BindGroupLayoutEntryError),
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct BindGroupLayout<B: hal::Backend> {
     pub(crate) raw: B::DescriptorSetLayout,
diff --git a/wgpu-core/src/device/mod.rs b/wgpu-core/src/device/mod.rs
index 10024a15ad..e1da2eb72d 100644
--- a/wgpu-core/src/device/mod.rs
+++ b/wgpu-core/src/device/mod.rs
@@ -1085,12 +1085,21 @@ impl<G: GlobalIdentityHandlerFactory> Global<G> {
         device_id: id::DeviceId,
         desc: &binding_model::BindGroupLayoutDescriptor,
         id_in: Input<G, id::BindGroupLayoutId>,
-    ) -> id::BindGroupLayoutId {
+    ) -> Result<id::BindGroupLayoutId, binding_model::BindGroupLayoutError> {
         let mut token = Token::root();
         let hub = B::hub(self);
         let entries = unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(desc.entries, desc.entries_length) };
-        let entry_map: FastHashMap<_, _> =
-            entries.iter().cloned().map(|b| (b.binding, b)).collect();
+        let mut entry_map = FastHashMap::default();
+        for entry in entries {
+            if let Err(e) = entry.validate() {
+                return Err(binding_model::BindGroupLayoutError::Entry(entry.binding, e));
+            }
+            if entry_map.insert(entry.binding, entry.clone()).is_some() {
+                return Err(binding_model::BindGroupLayoutError::ConflictBinding(
+                    entry.binding,
+                ));
+            }
+        }
 
         // TODO: deduplicate the bind group layouts at some level.
         // We can't do it right here, because in the remote scenario
@@ -1102,7 +1111,7 @@ impl<G: GlobalIdentityHandlerFactory> Global<G> {
                 .find(|(_, bgl)| bgl.entries == entry_map);
 
             if let Some((id, _)) = bind_group_layout_id {
-                return id;
+                return Ok(id);
             }
         }
 
@@ -1157,7 +1166,7 @@ impl<G: GlobalIdentityHandlerFactory> Global<G> {
             }),
             None => (),
         };
-        id
+        Ok(id)
     }
 
     pub fn bind_group_layout_destroy<B: GfxBackend>(