diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/common/meta.c b/src/mesa/drivers/common/meta.c
index 965fb86..19f2661 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/common/meta.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/common/meta.c
@@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ _mesa_meta_draw_pixels(GLcontext *ctx,
 
    if (_mesa_is_color_format(format)) {
       /* use more compact format when possible */
-      if (format == GL_LUMINANCE || format == GL_LUMINANCE_ALPHA)
+      if (/*format == GL_LUMINANCE ||*/ format == GL_LUMINANCE_ALPHA)
          texIntFormat = format;
       else
          texIntFormat = GL_RGBA;