diff --git a/src/graphics/host_gpu/renderer/pipeline/shaderSubgroup.cpp b/src/graphics/host_gpu/renderer/pipeline/shaderSubgroup.cpp
index 534e655ae..b35e291d7 100644
--- a/src/graphics/host_gpu/renderer/pipeline/shaderSubgroup.cpp
+++ b/src/graphics/host_gpu/renderer/pipeline/shaderSubgroup.cpp
@@ -52,10 +52,7 @@ ShaderSubgroupConfiguration ConfigureShaderSubgroup(const ShaderSubgroupCapabili
 	    guest_wave_size <= capabilities.max_subgroup_size) {
 		return {ShaderSubgroupMode::Controlled, guest_wave_size};
 	}
-	if (!program.spirv_requirements->requires_exact_subgroup) {
-		return {ShaderSubgroupMode::FlattenedMasks, 0};
-	}
-	return {};
+	return {ShaderSubgroupMode::FlattenedMasks, 0};
 }
 
 } // namespace Libs::Graphics
diff --git a/tests/shaderCfgTests.cpp b/tests/shaderCfgTests.cpp
index f63bc6fdf..80fc2f2af 100644
--- a/tests/shaderCfgTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/shaderCfgTests.cpp
@@ -1146,8 +1146,8 @@ void TestNativeSubgroupPolicy() {
   Check(ConfigureShaderSubgroup(ShaderSubgroupCapabilities{context},
                                 vk::ShaderStageFlagBits::eCompute,
                                 cross_lane_compute)
-                .mode == ShaderSubgroupMode::Unsupported,
-        "cross-lane compute mismatch bypassed the exact subgroup requirement");
+                .mode == ShaderSubgroupMode::FlattenedMasks,
+        "split wave64 compute did not use native subgroup operations");
 
   ShaderRecompiler::IR::Program zero_exec = safe;
   zero_exec.lane_mask_mode = ShaderLaneMaskMode::NativeWave;
@@ -1180,8 +1180,8 @@ void TestNativeSubgroupPolicy() {
   SetTypedValues(ds_partial, ShaderRecompiler::IR::ValueOpcode::DataAppend);
   Check(ConfigureShaderSubgroup(ShaderSubgroupCapabilities{context},
                                 vk::ShaderStageFlagBits::eCompute, ds_partial)
-                .mode == ShaderSubgroupMode::Unsupported,
-        "partial wave64 DS append bypassed the exact subgroup requirement");
+                .mode == ShaderSubgroupMode::FlattenedMasks,
+        "split wave64 DS append did not use native subgroup operations");
   context.max_subgroup_size = 64;
   const auto controlled = ConfigureShaderSubgroup(
       ShaderSubgroupCapabilities{context}, vk::ShaderStageFlagBits::eCompute,
@@ -1201,8 +1201,8 @@ void TestNativeSubgroupPolicy() {
   Check(ConfigureShaderSubgroup(ShaderSubgroupCapabilities{context},
                                 vk::ShaderStageFlagBits::eCompute,
                                 cross_lane_compute)
-                .mode == ShaderSubgroupMode::Unsupported,
-        "inverse cross-lane compute mismatch was accepted");
+                .mode == ShaderSubgroupMode::FlattenedMasks,
+        "inverse compute mismatch did not use the native subgroup");
 }
 
 std::array<uint32_t, 64>