diff --git a/src/graphics/host_gpu/renderer/depthRenderTarget.cpp b/src/graphics/host_gpu/renderer/depthRenderTarget.cpp
index d689b84a0..507da9bb9 100644
--- a/src/graphics/host_gpu/renderer/depthRenderTarget.cpp
+++ b/src/graphics/host_gpu/renderer/depthRenderTarget.cpp
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ static TextureCache::ImageDesc MakeDepthTargetDesc(const CommandBuffer& buffer,
 			DepthFatal("invalid depth view: base=%u last=%u", z.depth_view.slice_start,
 			           z.depth_view.slice_max);
 	}
-	if (z.z_info.expclear_enabled || z.stencil_info.expclear_enabled ||
-	    z.z_info.partially_resident ||
+	// EXPCLEAR permits an HTile acceleration state; the host attachment is already expanded.
+	if (z.z_info.partially_resident ||
 	    z.stencil_info.partially_resident || z.z_info.max_mip_level != 0 ||
 	    z.depth_view.current_mip_level != 0 || unsupported_shading_rate_encoding ||
 	    depth_address == 0 || (depth_address & 0xffffu) != 0) {