diff --git a/src/dawn_native/Texture.cpp b/src/dawn_native/Texture.cpp
index c97cdfde5c..223d8552a3 100644
--- a/src/dawn_native/Texture.cpp
+++ b/src/dawn_native/Texture.cpp
@@ -47,22 +47,6 @@ namespace dawn_native {
             }
         }
 
-        bool IsTextureViewDimensionCompatibleWithTextureSampleCount(
-            dawn::TextureViewDimension textureViewDimension,
-            const uint32_t sampleCount) {
-            switch (textureViewDimension) {
-                case dawn::TextureViewDimension::Cube:
-                case dawn::TextureViewDimension::CubeArray:
-                    return sampleCount == 1;
-                case dawn::TextureViewDimension::e2D:
-                case dawn::TextureViewDimension::e2DArray:
-                    return true;
-                default:
-                    UNREACHABLE();
-                    return false;
-            }
-        }
-
         // TODO(jiawei.shao@intel.com): support validation on all texture view dimensions
         bool IsArrayLayerValidForTextureViewDimension(
             dawn::TextureViewDimension textureViewDimension,
@@ -104,9 +88,17 @@ namespace dawn_native {
                 return DAWN_VALIDATION_ERROR("The sample count of the texture is not supported.");
             }
 
-            if (descriptor->sampleCount > 1 && descriptor->mipLevelCount > 1) {
-                return DAWN_VALIDATION_ERROR(
-                    "The mipmap level count of a multisampled texture must be 1.");
+            if (descriptor->sampleCount > 1) {
+                if (descriptor->mipLevelCount > 1) {
+                    return DAWN_VALIDATION_ERROR(
+                        "The mipmap level count of a multisampled texture must be 1.");
+                }
+
+                // Multisampled 2D array texture is not supported because on Metal it requires the
+                // version of macOS be greater than 10.14.
+                if (descriptor->arrayLayerCount > 1) {
+                    return DAWN_VALIDATION_ERROR("Multisampled 2D array texture is not supported.");
+                }
             }
 
             return {};
@@ -128,13 +120,6 @@ namespace dawn_native {
                     "original texture");
             }
 
-            if (!IsTextureViewDimensionCompatibleWithTextureSampleCount(
-                    descriptor->dimension, texture->GetSampleCount())) {
-                return DAWN_VALIDATION_ERROR(
-                    "The dimension of the texture view is not compatible with the sample count of "
-                    "the original texture");
-            }
-
             if (!IsTextureSizeValidForTextureViewDimension(descriptor->dimension,
                                                            texture->GetSize())) {
                 return DAWN_VALIDATION_ERROR(
diff --git a/src/tests/unittests/validation/TextureValidationTests.cpp b/src/tests/unittests/validation/TextureValidationTests.cpp
index df755c5b0d..cfe722e16f 100644
--- a/src/tests/unittests/validation/TextureValidationTests.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/unittests/validation/TextureValidationTests.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ TEST_F(TextureValidationTest, SampleCount) {
 
         ASSERT_DEVICE_ERROR(device.CreateTexture(&descriptor));
     }
+
+    // Currently we do not support multisampled 2D array textures.
+    {
+        dawn::TextureDescriptor descriptor = defaultDescriptor;
+        descriptor.sampleCount = 4;
+        descriptor.arrayLayerCount = 2;
+
+        ASSERT_DEVICE_ERROR(device.CreateTexture(&descriptor));
+    }
 }
 
 // Test that it is valid to destroy a texture
diff --git a/src/tests/unittests/validation/TextureViewValidationTests.cpp b/src/tests/unittests/validation/TextureViewValidationTests.cpp
index 589812c1bd..9eda487364 100644
--- a/src/tests/unittests/validation/TextureViewValidationTests.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/unittests/validation/TextureViewValidationTests.cpp
@@ -200,30 +200,6 @@ TEST_F(TextureViewValidationTest, CreateCubeMapTextureView) {
         descriptor.arrayLayerCount = 12;
         ASSERT_DEVICE_ERROR(nonSquareTexture.CreateTextureView(&descriptor));
     }
-
-    // It is an error to create a cube map texture view on a multisampled texture.
-    {
-        constexpr uint32_t kSampleCount = 4;
-        dawn::Texture multisampledTexture = Create2DArrayTexture(device, kDefaultArrayLayers,
-                                                                 kWidth, kHeight, 1, kSampleCount);
-        dawn::TextureViewDescriptor descriptor = base2DArrayTextureViewDescriptor;
-        descriptor.dimension = dawn::TextureViewDimension::Cube;
-        descriptor.arrayLayerCount = 6;
-        descriptor.mipLevelCount = 1;
-        ASSERT_DEVICE_ERROR(multisampledTexture.CreateTextureView(&descriptor));
-    }
-
-    // It is an error to create a cube map array texture view on a multisampled texture.
-    {
-        constexpr uint32_t kSampleCount = 4;
-        dawn::Texture multisampledTexture = Create2DArrayTexture(device, kDefaultArrayLayers,
-                                                                 kWidth, kHeight, 1, kSampleCount);
-        dawn::TextureViewDescriptor descriptor = base2DArrayTextureViewDescriptor;
-        descriptor.dimension = dawn::TextureViewDimension::CubeArray;
-        descriptor.arrayLayerCount = 12;
-        descriptor.mipLevelCount = 1;
-        ASSERT_DEVICE_ERROR(multisampledTexture.CreateTextureView(&descriptor));
-    }
 }
 
 // Test the format compatibility rules when creating a texture view.