diff --git a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/stereoimbuf.cc b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/stereoimbuf.cc
index ed2592574ee..6d1adf34a09 100644
--- a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/stereoimbuf.cc
+++ b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/stereoimbuf.cc
@@ -622,8 +622,9 @@ ImBuf *IMB_stereo3d_ImBuf(const ImageFormatData *im_format, ImBuf *ibuf_left, Im
   ImBuf *ibuf_stereo = nullptr;
   Stereo3DData s3d_data = {{nullptr}};
   size_t width, height;
-  const bool is_float = ibuf_left->float_buffer.data && ibuf_right->float_buffer.data;
   const bool is_byte = ibuf_left->byte_buffer.data && ibuf_right->byte_buffer.data;
+  const bool is_float = ibuf_left->float_buffer.data && ibuf_right->float_buffer.data &&
+                        !(is_byte && im_format->depth <= 8);
 
   if (!(is_float || is_byte)) {
     return nullptr;
diff --git a/tests/data b/tests/data
index b0c39dcba29..e73fa680447 160000
--- a/tests/data
+++ b/tests/data
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b0c39dcba29fbba0bffb6f68517cd69908c7c064
+Subproject commit e73fa6804471753439f4ee84ab73630166c36b01