diff --git a/src/gpu/SurfaceContext.cpp b/src/gpu/SurfaceContext.cpp
index 86ec30b4d7..f1f815d326 100644
--- a/src/gpu/SurfaceContext.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/SurfaceContext.cpp
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ bool SurfaceContext::readPixels(GrDirectContext* dContext, GrPixmap dst, SkIPoin
                             dContext->priv().validPMUPMConversionExists();
 
     // Since the validPMUPMConversionExists function actually submits work to the gpu to do its
-    // tests, it is possible that during that call we have abanoned the context. Thus we do
-    // another abanoned check here to make sure we are still valid.
+    // tests, it is possible that during that call we have abandoned the context. Thus, we do
+    // another abandoned check here to make sure we are still valid.
     RETURN_FALSE_IF_ABANDONED
 
     auto readFlag = caps->surfaceSupportsReadPixels(srcSurface);
diff --git a/src/gpu/mtl/GrMtlCaps.mm b/src/gpu/mtl/GrMtlCaps.mm
index 46e4d53b15..72ab5cf003 100644
--- a/src/gpu/mtl/GrMtlCaps.mm
+++ b/src/gpu/mtl/GrMtlCaps.mm
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "src/gpu/GrShaderCaps.h"
 #include "src/gpu/GrSurfaceProxy.h"
 #include "src/gpu/mtl/GrMtlRenderTarget.h"
+#include "src/gpu/mtl/GrMtlTexture.h"
 #include "src/gpu/mtl/GrMtlUtil.h"
 
 #if !__has_feature(objc_arc)
@@ -968,6 +969,13 @@ bool GrMtlCaps::onSurfaceSupportsWritePixels(const GrSurface* surface) const {
 
 GrCaps::SurfaceReadPixelsSupport GrMtlCaps::surfaceSupportsReadPixels(
         const GrSurface* surface) const {
+    if (auto tex = static_cast<const GrMtlTexture*>(surface->asTexture())) {
+        // We disallow reading back directly from compressed textures.
+        if (GrMtlFormatIsCompressed(tex->attachment()->mtlFormat())) {
+            return SurfaceReadPixelsSupport::kCopyToTexture2D;
+        }
+    }
+
     if (auto mtlRT = static_cast<const GrMtlRenderTarget*>(surface->asRenderTarget())) {
         if (mtlRT->numSamples() > 1 && !mtlRT->resolveAttachment()) {
             return SurfaceReadPixelsSupport::kCopyToTexture2D;