diff --git a/src/dawn_native/Texture.cpp b/src/dawn_native/Texture.cpp
index 9cf2d689f4..faddc5b6c5 100644
--- a/src/dawn_native/Texture.cpp
+++ b/src/dawn_native/Texture.cpp
@@ -331,9 +331,9 @@ namespace dawn_native {
                                                           const TextureDescriptor* desc) {
         TextureDescriptor fixedDesc = *desc;
 
-        if (desc->arrayLayerCount != 1) {
+        if (desc->arrayLayerCount >= 2) {
             if (desc->size.depth != 1) {
-                return DAWN_VALIDATION_ERROR("arrayLayerCount and size.depth cannot both be != 1");
+                return DAWN_VALIDATION_ERROR("arrayLayerCount and size.depth cannot both be set.");
             } else {
                 fixedDesc.size.depth = fixedDesc.arrayLayerCount;
                 fixedDesc.arrayLayerCount = 1;
diff --git a/src/tests/end2end/DeprecatedAPITests.cpp b/src/tests/end2end/DeprecatedAPITests.cpp
index 312063a5c6..f0783cf13f 100644
--- a/src/tests/end2end/DeprecatedAPITests.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/end2end/DeprecatedAPITests.cpp
@@ -132,6 +132,20 @@ TEST_P(DeprecationTests, TextureDescriptorArrayLayerCountStateTracking) {
     ASSERT_DEVICE_ERROR(texture.CreateView(&viewDesc));
 }
 
+// Test that using TextureDescriptor::arrayLayerCount = 0 is allowed
+TEST_P(DeprecationTests, TextureDescriptorArrayLayerCountZero) {
+    wgpu::TextureDescriptor desc;
+    desc.usage = wgpu::TextureUsage::Sampled;
+    desc.dimension = wgpu::TextureDimension::e2D;
+    desc.size = {1, 1, 1};
+    desc.arrayLayerCount = 0;
+    desc.format = wgpu::TextureFormat::RGBA8Unorm;
+    desc.mipLevelCount = 1;
+    desc.sampleCount = 1;
+
+    device.CreateTexture(&desc);
+}
+
 DAWN_INSTANTIATE_TEST(DeprecationTests,
                       D3D12Backend(),
                       MetalBackend(),